kilroy

['kilrɔi]
  • n. 热爱旅行的人;吉劳埃

英英释义


1. a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II;
"Kilroy was here"

英文词源


Kilroy
U.S. military graffito character, 1945, said to be either Sgt. Francis J. Kilroy Jr., U.S. Army Air Transport, whose friend or friends began writing his name everywhere as a prank; or war materiéls inspector James J. Kilroy of Quincy, Mass., who wrote "Kilroy was here" on everything he checked.