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单词 skivvy
释义
skivvy
noun
uk
/ˈskɪv.i/us
/ˈskɪv.i/

skivvynoun(SERVANT)

[C]UKinformal
aperson, in the past afemaleservant, who does thedirtyandunpleasantjobsin ahouse, such ascleaning:
佣人，仆人
Hetreatsme like a skivvy.他把我当成仆人对待。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who serve other people
  • anti-slavery
  • below/above stairsidiom
  • boot boy
  • butler
  • clerk
  • dogsbody
  • gofer
  • housemaid
  • labourer
  • lackey
  • lapdog
  • maid
  • puppet
  • retainer
  • servant
  • slave
  • slave trade
  • slavery
  • sock puppet
  • valet
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skivvynoun(CLOTHING)

[C]Australian English
a tight-fittingpieceofclothingfor thetoppartof thebody, made ofknittedcotton, with a high, roundcollar
高领针织紧身衫
skivvies[plural]USinformal
men'sunderwear
男式内衣
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Jumpers, shirts & tee-shirts
  • bandeau
  • beach shirt
  • blouse
  • bodysuit
  • boob tube
  • dashiki
  • dress shirt
  • gansey
  • guernsey
  • hair shirt
  • Oxford shirt
  • polo neck
  • polo shirt
  • polo-necked
  • pullover
  • tee shirt
  • tunic
  • turtleneck
  • turtlenecked
  • twinset
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Underwear
skivvy
verb[I]
UKinformal
uk
/ˈskɪv.i/us
/ˈskɪv.i/
to do thedirty,unpleasantjobsin thehouse:
干脏活，干粗活，做佣人
I'm not going to skivvyforyou any more.我不会再给你当佣人了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Work, working and the workplace
  • act assomething
  • all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
  • assignment
  • bandh
  • be at workidiom
  • grind
  • hoop
  • hot-desking
  • hotelling
  • housekeeping
  • in the line of dutyidiom
  • induction
  • industry
  • moonlight
  • slave
  • slog
  • slouch
  • spadework
  • subtask
  • sweat
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(Definition ofskivvyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofskivvy

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Even the enterprise allowance scheme is described as askivvyscheme.
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They are now skivvies if not navvies in the hospitals.
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The officer's batman and the soldier "skivvy" to the officer's wife ought to be things of the past.
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They were kept in a cellar, not properly fed and used as skivvies.
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We are not part of the unfortunateskivvyworld of third-world nations.
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The taxpayer would then not have to find the £2 billion now needed for theskivvyyouth training and community programme schemes.
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Now the kitchen maid has disappeared from the upper middle class—the lower middle class only had "skivvies"—and the upper middle class is therefore very much hurt.
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It is askivvyscheme.
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Theskivvyis coming into her own.
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We ended up being his skivvies for the night literally making pizza and frying chicken for him.
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Piddock's regularly asked if he'll hang up his actorskivvyto become a full-time screenwriter, but says loves both acting and writing equally so wants to continue to do both.
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