jitney的翻译与解释是什么
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jitney
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音标：英 ['dʒɪtnɪ] 美 ['dʒɪtni]
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解释：
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n. 小公共汽车；五分硬币
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vt. 搭乘小型公共汽车
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vi. 乘小型公共汽车
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英文词源：
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jitney (n.)
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"bus which carries passengers for a fare," 1915, short for jitney bus (1906), American English, from gitney, said to be slang for any small coin, especially "a nickel," because the buses' fare typically was a nickel, the coin name perhaps via New Orleans from French jeton "coin-sized metal disk, slug, counter," from Old French jeter "to calculate," literally "to throw" (see jet (v.)). "I'll give a nickel for a kiss,"
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Said Cholly to a pretty miss.
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"Skiddo," she cried, "you stingy cuss,"
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"You're looking for a jitney buss."
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["Jitney Jingle," 1915]
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The origin and signification of the word was much discussed when the buses first appeared. Some reports say the slang word for "nickel" comes from the bus; most say the reverse, but there does not seem to be much record of jitney in a coin sense before the buses came along (a writer in "The Hub," August 1915, claims to have heard and used it as a small boy in San Francisco, and reported hearsay that "It has been in use there since the days of '49." In some sources it is said to be a St. Louis word, but most credit it to the U.S. West, especially California, though others trace it to "southern negroes, especially in Memphis" ["The Pacific," Feb. 7, 1915].
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