| 单词 | jammy |
| 释义 | jammy, a.|ˈdʒæmɪ|
[f. jam n.2 + -y1.]
Covered with jam, sticky. Also fig. (colloq.), excellent; very lucky or profitable; easy, ‘soft’. Hence ˈjamminess.
1853D. G. Rossetti Let. 2 Nov. (1965) I. 161 The frame for my water-colour..is..jammy, nobby, stunning, jolly, splendacious. 1895Punch 12 Oct. 180/1 The way as that Sam chewed the rag was just jammy. 1899Kipling Stalky 228 Jam for the Sixth! Jam for us! Either way it's jammy! 1908‘I. Hay’ Right Stuff xi. 205 We had disposed of grouse sandwiches.. and jammy scones. 1915D. O. Barnett Lett. 170 If I get a ‘jammy’ one as it is called, I shall be back pretty soon. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. X. 862/2 She was aroused by the..jammy caresses of her blue-eyed nephews. 1929W. Deeping Roper's Row 179 There was a jamminess about these meals and about the ladies' fingers. 1932A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms 32 I don't know any one like him. He's jammy. 1955M. Allingham Beckoning Lady x. 137 The twins, jammy-faced and excited. 1973‘Trevanian’ Loo Sanction (1974) 130 ‘I almost always win. Isn't that odd?’ The Sergeant regarded the slim body... ‘I'd say you were bloody jammy.’ |
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