gigolo是什么意思

gigolo

英 ['(d)??g?l??]

gigolo 面首，男伴

來自gig, 旋轉(zhuǎn)，跳舞。-o, 表陽性。其對應(yīng)陰性詞gigole, 舞女。

gigolo (n.): "professional male escort or dancing partner, young man supported financially by an older woman in exchange for his attentions," 1922, from French gigolo, formed as a masc. of gigole "tall, thin woman; dancing girl; prostitute," perhaps from verb gigoter "to move the shanks, hop," from gigue "shank" (12c.), also "fiddle," Old French giga from Frankish *giga- or some other Germanic word (compare German Geige "fiddle"). This is perhaps the same word that was borrowed earlier as Middle English giglot (early 14c.) "lewd, wanton girl," which was later applied to males (mid-15c.) with the sense "villainous man." It is perhaps related to a number of words in Germanic meaning "dance, gambol," and "fiddle," perhaps connected by the notion of "rapid, whirling motion" (see gig (n.1)). Middle English gigletry meant "lasciviousness, harlotry" (late 14c.).
Naturally, no decent French girl would have been allowed for a single moment to dance with a gigolo. But America, touring Europe like mad after years of enforced absence, outnumbered all other nations atravel ten to one. [Edna Ferber, "Gigolo," 1922]

1. Do you prefer to be called " escort " or '' gigolo ''?: 你愿意被稱為''護花使者 ''還是''舞男''?

2. That dragon lady have three gigolo under her husband's nose.: 那位女強人當(dāng)著丈夫的面,公開有三位小白臉.

5. The handsome guy beside the noble lady turned out to be her gigolo.: 在這個貴婦人身邊的那個俊俏小伙子原來是個面首.