Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - shimmy
Shimmy
shimmy
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 hist. a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body is shaken. 2 archaic colloq. = CHEMISE. 3 US an abnormal vibration of esp. the front wheels of a motor vehicle. --v.intr. (-ies, -ied) 1 a hist. dance a shimmy. b move in a similar manner. 2 shake or vibrate abnormally. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. uncert.
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
I. noun (plural shimmies) Date: 1837 chemise, a jazz dance characterized by a shaking of the body from the shoulders down, an abnormal vibration especially in the front wheels of a motor vehicle, II. intransitive verb (shimmied; ~ing) Date: 1919 to shake, quiver, or tremble in or as if in dancing a ~, to vibrate abnormally, shinny ...Толковый словарь английского языка
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):