informal <非正式>
(pl. -ies)
1- a civilian, as distinct from a member of the police force or armed services平民, 百姓（区别于警察、军人）。
1.1
civvies
civilian clothes, as opposed to uniform便装, 便服（与军服相对）：the Chief Constable came along in civvies.
郡警察局局长穿着便服来了。
attrib.
- of or relating to civilians平民的; 民间的; 民用的：
fliers who left the services for civvy airlines.
从军队转入民航的飞行员。
短语
Civvy Street
- Brit. informal civilian life〈英, 非正式〉平民生活：
ex-Service people starting life on Civvy Street.
开始过平民生活的前军人。
词源
late 19th cent.: abbreviation.