gillie
gillie
[ˈgɪli]
(亦作 ghillie)
noun
[ˈgɪli]
(亦作 ghillie)
noun
- (in Scotland) a man or boy who attends someone on a hunting or fishing expedition
（苏格兰）猎人（或渔人）助手
■(historical)a Highland chief's attendant
(史)（苏格兰高地首领的）随从，仆人 - (一般作 ghillie)a type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, especially those used for Scottish country dancing
吉里鞋，随从鞋（尤指苏格兰乡村舞蹈用的无舌系带鞋）
- late 16th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic gille 'lad, servant'. The word was also found in the term gilliewetfoot, denoting a servant who carried the chief over a stream, used as a contemptuous name by Lowlanders for the follower of a Highland chief. Sense 2 dates from the 1930s
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