flibbertigibbet
英 [,flɪbətɪ'dʒɪbɪt]
美['flɪbɚtɪdʒɪbɪt]
- n. 饶舌的人；轻浮的人；不负责任
英英释义
- 1. a female fool
实用场景例句
- But I think you a horrid old – old flibbertigibbet.
- 但我认为你是个可怕的老人,刷贫嘴的老头儿.
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中文词源
flibbertigibbet 轻浮的人
无意义拟声词，闲扯，无聊。比较flimflam, gibber.
双语例句
- 1. But I think you a horrid old – old flibbertigibbet.
- 但我认为你是个可怕的老人,刷贫嘴的老头儿.
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英文词源
- flibbertigibbet (n.)
- 1540s, "chattering gossip, flighty woman," probably a nonsense word meant to sound like fast talking; as the name of a devil or fiend it dates from c. 1600 (together with Frateretto, Hoberdidance, Tocobatto). OED lists 15 spellings and thinks flibbergib is the original.