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flim·sy AHD[flĭmʹzē] D.J.[ˈflɪmziː]K.K.[ˈflɪmzi]adj.（形容词）flim.si.er, flim.si.est - Light, thin, and insubstantial:轻而薄的：轻、薄且不牢固的：a flimsy fabric.轻薄的织物
- Lacking solidity or strength:脆弱的：缺乏硬度或力度的：a flimsy table.易损坏的桌子
- Lacking plausibility; unconvincing:薄弱的：缺乏合理性的；不可信的：a flimsy excuse.站不住脚的借口
n.（名词）pl. flim.sies 【复数】- Thin paper usually used to make multiple copies.复写纸，打字纸：复写用的薄纸
- Something written on this thin paper.薄纸副本或文件：在这种薄纸上写下的东西
- [Origin unknown] [词源不明]
flimʹsily adv.（副词）flimʹsiness n.（名词）注释- The origin offlimsy, although uncertain, is not completely obscure.The word is first recorded in English in the 17th century in a dictionary of cant, the jargon of people such as thieves and beggars.Its early senses "frail" and "trivial"as well as its form may link it withflim-flam, recorded first around 1538.The nounflim-flam could mean "a piece of nonsense or idle talk,” and the adjective could mean "frivolous.” Flim-flam itself is a reduplication in which the patternfl—m occurs twice, the first time with the sound (ĭ);the second, with the sound (ă). Flim may be related to the Old Norse wordflim, meaning "a lampoon, libel.”Flimsy 的词源虽然不确定， 但并不是完全不清楚。这个单词在17世纪首次用英语记载于一本行话字典里，即记载如小偷和乞丐等人所使用的隐语的字典。它最初的意思是“脆弱的”和“轻微的”，其形式可能与flim-flam 有联系， 首次记载大约是在1538年。Flim-flam 作名词时意思为“一句无意义的或无聊的话，” 作形容词时可当作“琐屑的，无意义的”讲。 Flim-flam 本身是一个重叠词，fl-m 这样形式出现两次， 第一次是与语音（i）组合；第二次是与语音（a）组合。 Flim 可能与古斯堪的纳维亚语flim 有关， 其意思为“讽刺，诽谤”
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