schnook
英 [ʃnʊk]
美
- n. 笨人；迟钝的人
英英释义
- 1. (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despisedi;
- "don't be such an apologetic shnook"
实用场景例句
- He pitied the poor schnook cleaning tables in the coffee shop.
- 他为那个在咖啡店清理桌子的笨蛋感到可怜.
辞典例句
双语例句
- 1. He pitied the poor schnook cleaning tables in the coffee shop.
- 他为那个在咖啡店清理桌子的笨蛋感到可怜.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- schnook (n.)
- 1948, probably from Yiddish shnuk "elephant's trunk," or altered from schmuck (q.v.), or perhaps from German schnucke "a small sheep," used in U.S. Yiddish for "a customer easily persuaded, a sucker."