英:['laɪmɪ]
美:[ˈlaɪmi]
英:['laɪmɪ]
美:[ˈlaɪmi]
lim·ey
laI mi
复数:limeys
noun
slang a British sailor
slang englishman
adjective
smeared with or consisting of lime : viscous
containing lime or limestone
resembling or having the qualities of lime
1888年,澳大利亚、新西兰和南非俚语中用来指代“英国移民”的词语,缩写自 lime-juicer(1857年),这是一种嘲讽性的称呼,指的是英国海军自1795年开始实行的政策,即在船上发放 lime(n.2)juice,以预防水手患坏血病。美国使用始于1918年,最初指的是“英国水手、英国战舰”,到1924年扩展为“任何英国人”。
Midway Signs Limey Prof to Dope Yank Talk ["Chicago Tribune" headline, Oct. 18, 1924, in reference to the hiring of William A. Craigie by University of Chicago to begin editing what would become the "Dictionary of American English"]
中途签约聘请 Limey 教授为美国人编辑字典提供帮助(“芝加哥论坛报”1924年10月18日的标题,指的是芝加哥大学聘请威廉·A·克雷吉开始编辑后来成为“美国英语词典”的工作)
Nounlime-juicer + -y >entry 4
The first known use of limey was in 1918
1 Sometimes I do wonder whether he isn't a limey at heart.
我有时候真的挺纳闷,他内心里是不是一个英国佬。
2 But now the Yanks are teaching the limeys a thing or two about the game, at least between the sticks.
3 The limey acidity hurt the sides of my tongue.
4 Sometimes, I do wonder whether he isn't a limey at heart.
我有时候真的挺纳闷,他内心里是不是一个英国佬。
5 An American, some years later commented thus "The Limey Navy, just turned and ran."
几年后一个美国人做过如此的评价:“英国海军,掉转船头然后跑了。“
6 Soft or crunchy tortillas, fresh cilantro, limey radishes and onions and the rest of that jalapeño, if you like it hot.
7 It tasted like creamy and minty and limey and — hallelujah! — generally delicious.
8 The decomposing mortar contains calcium, and is the closest thing to the fern’s natural habitat of rocky ridges and limey, dry soils.
9 Not far away a stream flows out of a limey cave, rushes to the edge, and plunges off.
10 A plasterer with limey overalls gazed at the wagon intently until it passed by.
11 Off Falmouth, the transports, accompanied by three of the American destroyers and two English "limeys "—-as the British destroyers are known in the slang of the sea—-slipped off silently into the twilight.
12 In a few minutes the Dewey ascended and made herself known to the British "limey."
13 The straw-colored Bellevue she brought tasted bright, very slightly limey, rounder than some and excellent as a foil for the buttery richness of the chicken liver pâté.
14 The piece’s exterior is painted a limey green, but the material’s natural hue is visible at its core.
15 The salt forward-flavor makes this a nice contrast for limey drinks, so this is our pick to rim a margarita glass or dress a cold beer.
16 Underneath the hard shell is a tough but flexible membrane which lies against the limey coating, except at the blunt end, where a separation between the two gives room for a bubble of air.
17 This limey mint mojito might take a bit more effort to make than say, a two-ingredient mimosa, but the end result makes it more than worth it.
18 Now, sheltered limey that I am, it's not for me to say whether or not the town of The Town – in fact, the traditionally Irish-American neighbourhood of Charlestown – is authentic or not.
19 The herbs in the soup — lemongrass, galangal, a smattering of makrut leaves — waft up and merge into a woodsy-limey perfume.
20 The corn tortillas help quesadillas achieve excellence, for once: thick but pliant, not too cheesy, served with limey, oniony, chunky guacamole.
1 英国水兵
4 英国船