1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily; flimsiness.
雙語例句
1. She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her.
她穿的那件輕薄的粉紅色連衣裙在身后飄舞。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
風暴刮平了村民們居住的脆弱的木屋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
她穿得單薄所以覺得冷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. This kind of paper is flimsy.
這種紙很薄.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare.