| 释义 |
ˈroomie, n. U.S. colloq.
Also roomy.
[f. room n.1 + -ie.]
A room-mate.
1918Sat. Even. Post 6 July 5/3, I wouldn't make no holler at that if they had of left us pick our own roomys. 1945Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 26 July 14/7 Short⁓stop Skeeter Newsome, ‘Inky's’ roomie on the road, went home because of illness in his family. 1967‘E. Queen’ Face to Face xvi. 76 The Temple girl is given an alibi by her roomie. 1973J. Wambaugh Blue Knight viii. 122, I called Craz my old roomie because..twenty years ago, I moved into this big house with him. 1976‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 77 One of the screws came and rattled the bars on my cage. ‘Hey... We finally got you a roomie.’ |
