toady
英['t??d?]
美['todi]
- vi. 諂媚
- vt. 諂媚
- n. 諂媚者
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?toadies;第三人稱單數(shù):?toadies;過去式:?toadied;過去分詞:?toadied;現(xiàn)在分詞:?toadying;
中文詞源
toady 諂媚者，馬屁精
縮寫自 toad-eater,吃蟾蜍者。來(lái)自中世紀(jì)江湖醫(yī)生在展示祖?zhèn)鞯撵`丹妙藥時(shí)，會(huì)讓自己的小 跟班生吃蟾蜍，然后假裝中毒，再吃下江湖醫(yī)生的靈丹妙藥好過來(lái)。后引申該詞義。
英文詞源
- toady (n.)
- "servile parasite," 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer" (1742), originally (1620s) "the assistant of a charlatan," who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison. The verb is recorded from 1827. Related: Toadied; toadying.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He flung it in my teeth that I was a toady.
- 他責(zé)備我是個(gè)馬屁精.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. Arrogance has no defense against a toady.
- 傲慢防不了諂媚者.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. " Oh , hello, Mr. Lee. How are you toady? "
- 哦, 喂, 李先生, 你今天好 嗎 ?
來(lái)自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 口語(yǔ)
- 4. An invention may be new toady, but in a few years, it may be outdated.
- 一項(xiàng)發(fā)明今天可能新穎, 過幾年可能就會(huì)過時(shí).
來(lái)自商貿(mào)英語(yǔ)會(huì)話
- 5. Toady, the Indian and Chinese have their big communities there.
- 時(shí)至今日, 這里的印度人和華人已擁有較大的社群.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)