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词汇 guv
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Definition of guv in English:

guv

nounɡʌvɡəv
British informal
  • (as a form of address) sir.

    〈英,非正式〉先生(称呼语)

    ‘Excuse me, guv,’ he began

    “打扰一下,先生,"他开始说道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He shrugs off the incessant scrutiny, and says: ‘Not me, guv.’
    • As he says: ‘You wouldn't want to find yourself in the shower with one, would you, guv?’
    • I replied, ‘Don't ask me guv, I'm trying to lose weight myself.’
    • ‘Sorry guv,’ came the reply, ‘all my fancy wrapping materials are in my store up by the Strand and I can't leave the barrow.’
    • Unless, of course, it's talking about buying the services of a lumpen eared crew in a white transit so as you can really boss it about your manor, guv.
    • One such, who is nicknamed by his former friends as Terrible Terry, took to pestering strangers on the beach with the phrase, ‘Excuse me, guv, could you help out a fellow countryman who has fallen on hard times?’
    • I'd shopped and I wrapped all my gifts full of love for our five picky teens, the black Lab and the guv.
    • I was only trying to protect my shareholders, guv!
    • No strings, guv, honest - they won't cost you a bean.
    • She said that Wilcox, of no fixed address, told the officer: ‘Sorry, guv.’
    • I didn't jinx the football results with my rant yesterday, honest, guv!
    • The guv was forced to hold a press conference, at which he explained that the whole thing was ‘totally coincidental.’
    • He pines for the old mythology of a clean, civilised Rome - no unwashed masses here, guv - no matter how preposterous it is in light of the evidence.
    • The problem is that this panel has apparently insisted that the guv should guarantee the safety of traditional and organic farming methods and compensate those farmers in the event of contamination.
    • Spare any chord change for a cuppa, guv?
    • The perpetrators - civil servants, architects, contractors, the Scottish Executive and the ‘Corporate Body’ are all saying: ‘sorry guv - I just work here’.
    • No, guv, it musta been some other cat wot done it.
    • It's as simple as that, guv - no engineering work required!
    • The guv frequently chats up his ambitious plan to reinvent the commonwealth as a national - even global - leader in clean energy.
    • I don't expect to see an article quoting the queen as saying, ‘Wotcher say 'bout that then, eh, guv?’

Origin

Late 19th century: abbreviation of guv'nor.

Rhymes

above, dove, glove, love, shove, tug-of-love

Definition of guv in US English:

guv

nounɡəvɡəv
British informal
  • (as a form of address) sir.

    〈英,非正式〉先生(称呼语)

    “Excuse me, guv,” he began

    “打扰一下,先生,"他开始说道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I replied, ‘Don't ask me guv, I'm trying to lose weight myself.’
    • Spare any chord change for a cuppa, guv?
    • As he says: ‘You wouldn't want to find yourself in the shower with one, would you, guv?’
    • The guv frequently chats up his ambitious plan to reinvent the commonwealth as a national - even global - leader in clean energy.
    • The problem is that this panel has apparently insisted that the guv should guarantee the safety of traditional and organic farming methods and compensate those farmers in the event of contamination.
    • He pines for the old mythology of a clean, civilised Rome - no unwashed masses here, guv - no matter how preposterous it is in light of the evidence.
    • ‘Sorry guv,’ came the reply, ‘all my fancy wrapping materials are in my store up by the Strand and I can't leave the barrow.’
    • She said that Wilcox, of no fixed address, told the officer: ‘Sorry, guv.’
    • The guv was forced to hold a press conference, at which he explained that the whole thing was ‘totally coincidental.’
    • I didn't jinx the football results with my rant yesterday, honest, guv!
    • Unless, of course, it's talking about buying the services of a lumpen eared crew in a white transit so as you can really boss it about your manor, guv.
    • I was only trying to protect my shareholders, guv!
    • No, guv, it musta been some other cat wot done it.
    • He shrugs off the incessant scrutiny, and says: ‘Not me, guv.’
    • It's as simple as that, guv - no engineering work required!
    • One such, who is nicknamed by his former friends as Terrible Terry, took to pestering strangers on the beach with the phrase, ‘Excuse me, guv, could you help out a fellow countryman who has fallen on hard times?’
    • I'd shopped and I wrapped all my gifts full of love for our five picky teens, the black Lab and the guv.
    • The perpetrators - civil servants, architects, contractors, the Scottish Executive and the ‘Corporate Body’ are all saying: ‘sorry guv - I just work here’.
    • No strings, guv, honest - they won't cost you a bean.
    • I don't expect to see an article quoting the queen as saying, ‘Wotcher say 'bout that then, eh, guv?’

Origin

Late 19th century: abbreviation of guv'nor.

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