pet form of masc. proper name John (see -y (3)). Used as a contemptuous or humorous designation for some class or group of men from 1670s (it was the typical name in the North and the Northern armies for a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War). In the Mediterranean, it was a typical name for an Englishman by c. 1800; in the Crimean War, it became the typical name among the English for "a Turk," later extended to "an Arab" (who by World War II were using it in turn as the typical name for "a British man"). Johnny-come-lately first attested 1839.
实用例句
1. Johnny has changed his image to fit the times.
约翰尼已经改变了他的形象以迎合时代潮流。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Johnny and Guy are the greatest unacknowledged pop songwriters in Britain.
约翰尼和盖伊是英国最了不起的、还未被公众认可的流行歌曲创作者。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Johnny was the most persistent and most harmless of her admirers.
