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be a gipsy
名词用法：gipsy 可指罗姆人（吉卜赛人），也可指流动劳工。
She is a gipsy who travels with the seasons.
她是随季节迁徙的吉卜赛人。
吉卜赛人；罗姆人
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吉卜赛人；罗姆人
a member of a people believed to have originated in northern India, who speak Romany and traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling
She is a gipsy who travels with the seasons.
她是随季节迁徙的吉卜赛人。
流浪
n a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment；n a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
The gipsy moved from town to town, taking whatever seasonal work he could find.
这个流动劳工从一个城镇搬到另一个城镇，找到什么季节性的工作就做什么。
Many gipsies followed the fruit harvests across the state, camping near the orchards.
许多流动劳工跟随全州的果品采摘季，在果园附近扎营。
She worked as a gipsy for years, renting a new room whenever the railway project moved.
她做了多年的流动劳工，一旦铁路工程换地方就租间新屋子。
名词用法：gipsy 可指罗姆人（吉卜赛人），也可指流动劳工。
She is a gipsy who travels with the seasons.
她是随季节迁徙的吉卜赛人。
gipsy 的复数形式为 gipsies；live by 表示“靠……谋生”。
Gipsies traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling.
吉卜赛人传统上靠季节工和算命为生。
动词用法：gipsy 为不及物动词，意思是“流浪”，后接地点状语。
They gipsy from town to town, never staying long.
他们从一个城镇流浪到另一个城镇，从不久留。
Not this
He is gipsy.
Use this
He is a gipsy.
gipsy 是可数名词单数，前面需要加冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 a。改成 a gipsy 后单数可数名词结构才完整。
Not this
There are many gipsys in this town.
Use this
There are many gipsies in this town.
gipsy 以辅音字母 s 加 y 结尾，变复数时应把 y 改为 i 再加 es，即 gipsies；gipsys 不符合英语的拼写规则。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
吉卜赛营地
The gipsy camp was set up near the river.
吉卜赛营地搭在河边。
吉卜赛大篷车
An old gipsy caravan stood at the edge of the field.
一辆旧吉卜赛大篷车停在田地边上。
吉卜赛女子
A gipsy woman was reading the traveler's palm.
一位吉卜赛女子正在给旅行者看手相。
吉卜赛算命人
The gipsy fortune-teller predicted good luck for the family.
那位吉卜赛算命人预言这家人会有好运。
吉卜赛音乐
They danced to lively gipsy music at the festival.
他们在节日上随着欢快的吉卜赛音乐起舞。
流浪生活；吉卜赛式生活
They chose a gipsy life, moving from town to town.
他们选择了流浪生活，从一个城镇搬到另一个城镇。
去平息一个吉卜赛女人的情欲。
The line comes from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, where the gipsy is Cleopatra.
这句台词出自莎士比亚的《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》，其中的吉卜赛人指克利奥帕特拉。
Use gipsy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
gipsy 发音像‘吉普赛’，一听到就想到吉普赛人赶着大篷车四处流浪。
语域：mixed 常见场景：ethnic discussions、historical texts、quoted older sources 该词是 Gypsy 的变体拼写。作名词指罗姆人时，在现代英语中通常被视为冒犯语，正式或中立场合多改用 Roma/Romani；指“流动劳工”的用法也比较陈旧。使用时宜谨慎，注意语境和对方偏好。
只有 'tipsy' /ˈtɪpsi/ 与 'gipsy' 押韵；'gist' /dʒɪst/ 有相同的开头音 /dʒɪ/，但全词不押韵。注意拼写相似但读音不同的词：'giant' /ˈdʒaɪənt/ 的 'gi' 读 /dʒaɪ/；'gift' /ɡɪft/ 的 'gi' 读 /ɡɪ/；'psychology' /saɪˈkɒlədʒi/ 中的 'ps' 读 /s/（p 不发音），不像 'gipsy' 中的 /ps/；'flimsy' /ˈflɪmzi/ 结尾 '-sy' 读 /zi/，不是 /si/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.