這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 黏黏的、沾滿黏膠的 · (笑起來)露出牙齦的
gummy
adjective, nounOne picture covers this half of the word: gum, the thick sticky stuff that seeps out of a tree and to whatever it touches. Anything with that quality is gummy — sap on your hands, glue left behind by a sticker, rice that has at the bottom of the pot. And when someone makes a sweet with the same soft, springy, slightly feel, the sweet takes the name too.
From the word’s history
From gum (the substance) + -y; the noun's spelling was also pushed by German gummi.
來自 gum(那種黏稠的膠質)加上 -y。名詞的拼法還受到德文 gummi 的影響,所以 gummi 和 gummy 兩種寫法都看得到。
Wiktionary etymology 2 text supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:976319160)
A second word, same spelling
gummy
adjectiveThis half of the word has nothing to do with stickiness. Here gum means the pink flesh that holds the teeth, and the picture is a mouth opening into a smile where the gums are what you see. A baby has no teeth yet; an older person may have lost theirs; some people simply show a lot of gum when they smile. The word points at what is showing, not at how anything feels.
From the word’s history
From gum (the flesh around the teeth) + -y. Wiktionary keeps this as a separate etymology from the sticky gum, so the two adjectives only look alike.
來自 gum(牙齦)加上 -y。來源辭典把它跟「黏膠」那個 gum 分成兩條不同的字源,所以這兩個 gummy 只是長得一樣、唸得一樣,意思上並不相通。
Wiktionary etymology 1 text supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:976309371)