gypsy

名词 gypsy:

1. a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
   同义词：itinerant, gipsy
2. a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
   同义词：Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian
3. the Indic language of the Gypsies
   同义词：Romany

1. The gypsy had foretold that the boy would die.
   那吉普赛人曾经预言这男孩儿得夭折。
2. She has pure gypsy blood in her veins.
   她血管里流的是纯吉普赛人的血液。
3. The older man has gypsy lore.
   那个老者有吉卜赛人的学问。
4. I've never lived in one place too long, it must be the Gypsy in me.
   我从来没有在一个地方长住过，一定是我性格中有吉普赛人的特性。
5. The gypsy earned her money as a fortune-teller.
   这个吉普赛人以算命谋生。

Gypsy 也作 Gip.sy

n.（名词）
【复数】 Gyp.sies
A member of a nomadic people that arrived in Europe in migrations from northern India around the 4th century, now also living in North America and Australia. Many Gypsy groups have preserved elements of their traditional culture, including an itinerant existence, tribal organization, and the Romany language.
吉卜赛人：大约在4世纪从北印度移民到欧洲的游牧民族的一支，现在在北美和澳大利亚也有分布。许多吉普赛群体仍保留了一些他们传统文化的成分，包括流动的生存方式，部落或组织结构，还有他们使用的罗姆语
See Romany
参见 Romany
gypsy One inclined to a nomadic, unconventional way of life.
gypsy 象吉卜赛人那样的人：喜欢过一种流浪的，不同常规的生活的人
A person who moves from place to place as required for employment, especially:
尤指出于工作原因，而到处迁移的人
A part-time or temporary member of a college faculty.
临时大学教员：大学老师中兼职或临时的成员
A member of the chorus line in a theater production.
戏剧的歌舞演员：在戏剧制作中合唱队的成员

来源：
Alteration of Middle English gypcian
中古英语 gypcian的变化
short for Egipcien [Egyptian (so called because they were thought to have come from Egypt)]
Egipcien的简写 [埃及人（人们以为他们来自埃及，因此这样称呼他们）]