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单词 gee
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gee1

(also gee whiz)
exclamation dʒiːdʒi
North American informal
  • A mild expression, typically of surprise, enthusiasm, or sympathy.

    〈非正式,主北美〉(表示有些吃惊、热烈或同情)哟

    Gee, Linda looks great at fifty!

    哟,琳达50岁了,看起来还很棒。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I agree that there should be a state-by-state analysis of this, and so one can in fact say, gee, do you approve of a particular wording of a constitutional amendment?
    • And he finally said something along the lines of, you know, gee whiz, I won.
    • It's time now I believe to move beyond the gee whiz stage.
    • All your friends are gift-shopping, party-hopping, trimming the tree and - gee!
    • And in my youthful naivete I thought, gee, they like it.
    • I thought gee whiz, I guess I'm living on borrowed time!
    • And I always thought, gee, daddy, look what I'm doing.
    • When I am praising this Government, I say to it: gee whiz, it is starting to learn.
    • I thought it was great in a way because I thought, gee, maybe we can get some sympathy for the press going finally.
    • It comes across as a sort of gee whiz science museum exposition, one that proposes that the solutions to many of the world's problems are not only within our grasp, but that their solution is inevitable.
    • You know, your wife may ask, gee, what kind of an example does it set when this happens and everybody in the publishing industry will wring their hands, but unfortunately I think it will happen.
    • I mean, gee, there were a lot of man-hours spent doing that gig, so the least I can say is, ‘Thank you very much.’
    • And, gee whiz, you would also understand the paternalistic attitudes of the time and the nature of defense of the country.
    • We need a little more of this primary care and a little less of the gee whiz.
    • But gee whiz, folks - we do indeed live in the best of times.
    • I know I'm really a television talker, but gee, twice in my lifetime, somebody's offered me a record situation and I grabbed it and I'm so happy I did.
    • And for a lot of people, they say, ‘You know, gee, I get tired of this.’
    • He pauses, shakes his head, then boisterously proclaims, ‘Aw, gee whiz, I guess that means the hot dogs are on me, gang!’
    • But I thought, gee whiz, I want to do things differently.
    • The thrill, if any, comes from finding a video game - gee whiz!

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps an abbreviation of Jesus.

Rhymes

absentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bee, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee

gee2

exclamation dʒiːdʒi
gee up
  • A command to a horse to go faster.

    (驾驭马的吆喝声)叽驾!快跑!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The goalkeeping union are a tight bunch and he hid his personal agony to gee up his nervous replacement.
    Synonyms
    speed up, accelerate, step up, hasten, hurry, hurry up
verbgeed, geeing, gees dʒiːdʒi
[with object]gee someone/something upBritish
  • 1Command (a horse) to go faster.

    (驾驭马的吆喝声)叽驾!快跑!

    he geed up the horse
    1. 1.1 Encourage (someone) to put more effort into an activity.
      I was running around geeing people up

      我跑来跑去为大家加油。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • As vice-captain and pack leader I know I have a responsibility to try and gee up the players.
      • ‘He maybe looks as though he is dour and brooding, but he has the knack for making anyone feel at ease and geeing them up at the same time,’ declared one of his colleagues last week.
      • His energy levels were phenomenal, especially in Bangalore, and on the field, he was the team's engine, geeing people up, consoling, applauding, setting fields, offering and taking advice.
      • It can often be a captain's duty to gee his team-mates up ahead of games.
      • But half an hour before the game, he will turn up in the dressing - room and start giving an impassioned speech designed to gee us up.
      • I didn't want to walk off having felt I had let the supporters down after they had done so much to gee me up and almost will the ball into the net.
      • After a fairly-unappealing first half from both sides, he obviously had a word with his men at the interval, and geed them up, because they were revitalised for the start of the second half.
      • The lumbering gait of his stodgy and dated modal writing needs visuals to gee it up.
      • This knockabout stuff seems to gee up the team for today's show.
      • No doubt words such as these will be used to gee up the champions as they attempt to eliminate complacent thoughts over the next fraught few days.
      • He has taken to singing a song of his own composition at the end of his speeches, in order to gee up the troops, so to speak.
      • Her job is to gee the women up, tell them about the best bargains and help prise the dollars from their wallets.
      • The crowd were great on Sunday, especially in the second half when we could hear them geeing us up.
      • He did not gee up the players in the dressing-room - he thought that the desire should bubble within them.
      • I just though I'd try for a little pre-game gee up.
      • At the other end, even though mistakes began to creep in, there was enough pace and verve to gee the crowd up if not break through.
      • I worry about it from time to time because I'm in a line of great Scottish captains but I know that, at international level, you don't have to think about geeing people up for a game.
      • That's the hardest part of this whole job: walking into the changing-room at the final whistle and trying to gee up the boys.
      • ‘The girls gold gave me a big gee up after last night and Ï am happy to swim that fast and I only want to try and go faster tonight,’ she said.
      • In effect, they are intended to be gee up messages to the support base.
      Synonyms
      speed up, make faster, accelerate, quicken, precipitate, expedite, advance, hurry on, step up, push forward, urge on, spur on

Origin

Early 17th century: of unknown origin.

gee3

nounPlural gees dʒiːdʒi
US informal
  • A thousand dollars.

    〈美,非正式〉一千美元

    let's go and collect those five gees that they owe us
    Synonyms
    thousand dollars, thousand pounds

Origin

1930s: representing the initial letter of grand.

gee1

(also gee-whiz)
exclamationdʒi
North American informal
  • A mild expression, typically of surprise, enthusiasm, or sympathy.

    〈非正式,主北美〉(表示有些吃惊、热烈或同情)哟

    Gee, Linda looks great at fifty!

    哟,琳达50岁了,看起来还很棒。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And, gee whiz, you would also understand the paternalistic attitudes of the time and the nature of defense of the country.
    • It comes across as a sort of gee whiz science museum exposition, one that proposes that the solutions to many of the world's problems are not only within our grasp, but that their solution is inevitable.
    • And for a lot of people, they say, ‘You know, gee, I get tired of this.’
    • It's time now I believe to move beyond the gee whiz stage.
    • But gee whiz, folks - we do indeed live in the best of times.
    • I thought gee whiz, I guess I'm living on borrowed time!
    • The thrill, if any, comes from finding a video game - gee whiz!
    • You know, your wife may ask, gee, what kind of an example does it set when this happens and everybody in the publishing industry will wring their hands, but unfortunately I think it will happen.
    • I mean, gee, there were a lot of man-hours spent doing that gig, so the least I can say is, ‘Thank you very much.’
    • And I always thought, gee, daddy, look what I'm doing.
    • I thought it was great in a way because I thought, gee, maybe we can get some sympathy for the press going finally.
    • And he finally said something along the lines of, you know, gee whiz, I won.
    • I agree that there should be a state-by-state analysis of this, and so one can in fact say, gee, do you approve of a particular wording of a constitutional amendment?
    • And in my youthful naivete I thought, gee, they like it.
    • All your friends are gift-shopping, party-hopping, trimming the tree and - gee!
    • When I am praising this Government, I say to it: gee whiz, it is starting to learn.
    • He pauses, shakes his head, then boisterously proclaims, ‘Aw, gee whiz, I guess that means the hot dogs are on me, gang!’
    • I know I'm really a television talker, but gee, twice in my lifetime, somebody's offered me a record situation and I grabbed it and I'm so happy I did.
    • We need a little more of this primary care and a little less of the gee whiz.
    • But I thought, gee whiz, I want to do things differently.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps an abbreviation of Jesus.

gee2

exclamationdʒi
gee up
  • A command to a horse to go faster.

    (驾驭马的吆喝声)叽驾!快跑!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The goalkeeping union are a tight bunch and he hid his personal agony to gee up his nervous replacement.
    Synonyms
    speed up, accelerate, step up, hasten, hurry, hurry up
verbdʒi
[with object]British
  • 1Command (a horse) to go faster.

    (驾驭马的吆喝声)叽驾!快跑!

    1. 1.1 Encourage (someone) to work more quickly.
      激励(某人)干得更快
      I was running around geeing people up

      我跑来跑去为大家加油。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The crowd were great on Sunday, especially in the second half when we could hear them geeing us up.
      • No doubt words such as these will be used to gee up the champions as they attempt to eliminate complacent thoughts over the next fraught few days.
      • That's the hardest part of this whole job: walking into the changing-room at the final whistle and trying to gee up the boys.
      • He did not gee up the players in the dressing-room - he thought that the desire should bubble within them.
      • It can often be a captain's duty to gee his team-mates up ahead of games.
      • As vice-captain and pack leader I know I have a responsibility to try and gee up the players.
      • I didn't want to walk off having felt I had let the supporters down after they had done so much to gee me up and almost will the ball into the net.
      • In effect, they are intended to be gee up messages to the support base.
      • Her job is to gee the women up, tell them about the best bargains and help prise the dollars from their wallets.
      • I worry about it from time to time because I'm in a line of great Scottish captains but I know that, at international level, you don't have to think about geeing people up for a game.
      • The lumbering gait of his stodgy and dated modal writing needs visuals to gee it up.
      • After a fairly-unappealing first half from both sides, he obviously had a word with his men at the interval, and geed them up, because they were revitalised for the start of the second half.
      • But half an hour before the game, he will turn up in the dressing - room and start giving an impassioned speech designed to gee us up.
      • His energy levels were phenomenal, especially in Bangalore, and on the field, he was the team's engine, geeing people up, consoling, applauding, setting fields, offering and taking advice.
      • At the other end, even though mistakes began to creep in, there was enough pace and verve to gee the crowd up if not break through.
      • He has taken to singing a song of his own composition at the end of his speeches, in order to gee up the troops, so to speak.
      • ‘The girls gold gave me a big gee up after last night and Ï am happy to swim that fast and I only want to try and go faster tonight,’ she said.
      • This knockabout stuff seems to gee up the team for today's show.
      • I just though I'd try for a little pre-game gee up.
      • ‘He maybe looks as though he is dour and brooding, but he has the knack for making anyone feel at ease and geeing them up at the same time,’ declared one of his colleagues last week.
      Synonyms
      speed up, make faster, accelerate, quicken, precipitate, expedite, advance, hurry on, step up, push forward, urge on, spur on

Origin

Early 17th century: of unknown origin.

gee3

noundʒi
US informal
  • A thousand dollars.

    〈美,非正式〉一千美元

    we paid five gees
    Synonyms
    thousand dollars, thousand pounds

Origin

1930s: representing the initial letter of grand.

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