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单词 gorgio
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Definition of gorgio in English:

gorgio

nounPlural gorgios ˈɡɔːdʒɪəʊˈɡôrjēō
  • The Gypsy name for a non-Gypsy.

    (吉卜赛人用语)非吉卜赛人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They do not object to the gorgios looking on, but they would rather they did not join in the merriment.
    • To say that all Travellers are thieves would be the same as saying that all gorgios (non-Travellers) are murderers because a few of them have committed murder.
    • However much some aspects of their social life and means of livelihood may overlap with their own, the Irish and some of the Scottish Travellers are gorgios, not Romanichals.
    • I had no education and no knowledge of ‘gorgio’ civilisation, and I grew up wild as the birds, frolicsome as the lambs, and as difficult to catch as the rabbits.
    • It has been asserted, I believe, by various gorgio writers, that they have everything in common, and that there is a common stock out of which every one takes what he needs; this is quite a mistake, however.

Origin

From Romany gorjo.

Definition of gorgio in US English:

gorgio

nounˈɡôrjēō
  • The Gypsy name for a non-Gypsy.

    (吉卜赛人用语)非吉卜赛人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To say that all Travellers are thieves would be the same as saying that all gorgios (non-Travellers) are murderers because a few of them have committed murder.
    • However much some aspects of their social life and means of livelihood may overlap with their own, the Irish and some of the Scottish Travellers are gorgios, not Romanichals.
    • It has been asserted, I believe, by various gorgio writers, that they have everything in common, and that there is a common stock out of which every one takes what he needs; this is quite a mistake, however.
    • They do not object to the gorgios looking on, but they would rather they did not join in the merriment.
    • I had no education and no knowledge of ‘gorgio’ civilisation, and I grew up wild as the birds, frolicsome as the lambs, and as difficult to catch as the rabbits.

Origin

From Romany gorjo.

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