doughboy
英 ['dəʊbɒɪ]
美
- n. 步兵；团子
英英释义
- 1. an American infantryman in World War I
- 2. a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread;
- "the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut"
实用场景例句
- The doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.
- 油炸面团是甜甜圈的前身.
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双语例句
- 1. The doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.
- 油炸面团是甜甜圈的前身.
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- 2. The Pillsbury Doughboy would be riveted.
- 我看起来像个傻子.
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英文词源
- doughboy (n.)
- "U.S. soldier," 1864, American English, said to have been in oral use from 1854, or from the Mexican-American War (1847), it is perhaps from resemblance of big buttons on old uniforms to a sort of biscuit of that name (1680s), but there are various other conjectures.