英语词汇jiffy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jiffy
词源	jiffy. Right away, a very short time. Jiffy may be a misspelling of gliff, an earlier term for a glimpse or a glance, but no one is sure. The word is first recorded in the late 1700s.
随便看	his name is mud hiss hissing away a career hiss me into madness histrionic hit below the belt hitchcock chairs hitchcock ending hitch your wagon to a star hitler hit man hit on all six hitter-ish hit the hay hit the jackpot hit the nail on the head hit the road jack and don’t come back hit the sack hit the wall hit ’em where they ain’t hoax hobbesian hobby hobbyhorse hobey baker award

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