| 单词 |
jildi |
| 释义 |
jildi Mil. slang (orig. Anglo-Indian).|ˈdʒɪldɪ|
Also jeldi, jildy, juldie, and other varr.
[ad. Hind. jaldi quickness.]
Haste, as in phrases on the jildi, in a hurry, and to do or move a jildi. So jildi a., quick; jildi, juldily adv., quickly; jildi v. trans. and absol., to hurry.
1890Kipling Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) 24 You put some juldee in it Or I'll marrow you this minute. 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 59 Jeldi, hurry; run. Ibid. 30 Jeldy (Hind.), quickly. 1926Scots Observer 30 Oct. 21/1 Wullie..would have seen..that the rabbits were moving juldie into the thistles and long grass as he came along. Juldie! What's that? Hindustani for quick. 1929[see fuck v. 3]. 1930R. Blaker Medal without Bar vii. 47 Come on. We'll catch 'im if we jildi. 1930Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang 1914–18 132 Jildi, quick, look sharp, hurry. Also used in the phrase ‘on the jildi’, e.g. ‘Get them bags filled on the jildi.’ 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 102 Jildi, hurry! Also get a jildi on. (Indian Army.) Ibid., Do a jildi move, to beat a hasty retreat. General Army slang... Among tank men: to take evasive action. 1957M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More (1960) 14 Hey, Antonio, where's me rooty? And make it juldy, see? 1972J. Brown Chancer i. 12, I went out jilty..and there he was. |
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