时间:2019-02-04 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  如果有人叫你fuddy-duddy,你可千万别不当一回事儿,因为他不是取笑你是个“守旧的老古板”,就是嫌你吹毛求疵、过于唠叨。


  Fuddy-duddy被用来形容两种人,一种是思想过时,跟不上时代潮流的“老古董”,这种老派的人虽然可能不太合群,但如果不妨碍别人也没什么。第二种人是那些爱唠叨、喜欢吹毛求疵的人,这种人总是不顾及别人的感受,按自己的性子说个没完没了。可是,守旧的“古董级”人物大多看不惯新生事物,又做不到“躲进小楼成一统”,偏偏喜欢在一旁指手画脚大发议论,那样就成了前两种人的结合体,更加惹人讨厌了。


  Fuddy-duddy可能是美国人发明的,最早出现在大约1904年。它很可能来自fussy 1,因为fussy同样具有“操心琐事的,爱挑剔的,难取悦的”等含义。当fussy 和dud(无用的,不成功的)结合起来,就构成了fuddy-duddy这个带点搞笑和戏谑色彩的贬义词。


  这种重叠词在英语俚语里很常见,比如hanky-panky(诡计,欺骗,轻佻的性行为);okey-dokey(OK,没问题);hokey-pokey(戏法,欺骗,廉价冰淇淋)等。



adj.为琐事担忧的,过分装饰的,爱挑剔的
  • He is fussy about the way his food's cooked.他过分计较食物的烹调。
  • The little girl dislikes her fussy parents.小女孩讨厌她那过分操心的父母。
学英语单词
adenodiastasis
air wheel
allotetraploid
Appius Claudius
as naked as the day I was born
at peace
Avelox
balloon animal
be cut up
brahmis
brush roller
burkey
cago-tray
calvadoss
cerebro-spinal fluid
cheoplastic base
chromobacterium aquaticum
Cinderfella
closed-loop field
closure measurement
colletotrichum ampelopsidis
color information
concrete diaphragm
continuous current transformer
continuous image point
counter-strategy
coupled systems
crenotherapy
de facto marriage
Depth Moulded
discharge ditch
dud check
electronic frequency stabilization
exposure factors
external branchia
fenpiprane
film plane
fluoronitrobenzene
FOB free on board
fowler-nordheim tunnelling
genus Grus
godlets
hair ornament
Hohenlimburg
INSA
interface shear
internal chaining
isildurs
JinyuStar
karrass
leafbirds
longitude by equal altitude
lumen maintenance
mark of origin
mesencephalic canal
methazole
mise au point
mucoid enteropathy
muscis
muscle of facial expression
Nelaton
nicfs
ovary cortex
petrol gage
Polizzi Generosa
Polygonum acerosum
polymorphous cell
post-central
preingestional
Prek Thnot Res.
prismatic eye
progress variable
proligerous membranes
proteoid
pulse forming amplifier
pushbuttons
quicldy
ranaviruses
remap
remotely piloted research vehicle
security assertion markup language
soft tissues
stableness
strandline
straw fiber
Strep A
subbituminous c coal
T pulse
tank operation
thealgia
throat sacs
thyristor rectifier set
tiberio
Tota, L.
tractive winch
trencher-man
underwater sound system
unmarvelling
utes
vibilia cultripes
vietnamensis
Vulci