單詞
brown-nose
英 [braunn?uz]
美
基本信息
- vi. 拍馬屁；諂媚
- vt. 拍…的馬屁
- n. 諂媚者
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?brown-noses;過去式:?brown-nosed;過去分詞:?brown-nosed;現在分詞:?brown-nosing;
中文詞源
brown-nose 拍馬屁
俚語詞。brown，棕色的。nose, 鼻子。諷刺拍馬屁拍到老板的屁都要聞或更惡心行為。
英文詞源
- brown-nose (v.)
- also brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from brown (adj.) + nose (n.), "from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one's nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought" [Webster, 1961]. Related: Brown-noser, brown-nosing (both 1950).
雙語例句
- 1. The sand martin is a brown bird with white underneath.
- 崖沙燕是一種褐羽白腹的鳥。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.
- 歐內斯特·布朗住在離騷亂發生處幾個街區遠的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.
- 布朗夫人在11月的選舉中仍然沒有十足的勝算。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We talk in her Belgrade flat, full of heavy old brown furniture.
- 我們在她位于貝爾格萊德的公寓里進行了交談，那屋里滿是結實的老式棕色家具。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.
- 特別內閣委員會包括布朗先生、曼德爾森先生和斯特勞先生。
來自柯林斯例句
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