單詞
fogey
英 ['f??g?]
美['foɡi]
基本信息
- n. 守舊者，老保守；抱殘守缺的人
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?fogies;?fogeys;
中文詞源
fogey 老頑固
詞源不詳。可能來自fog, 霧，發(fā)白胡子，用來指老頭。
英文詞源
- fogey (n.)
- also fogy, "an old, dull fellow," 1780, Scottish foggie, originally "army pensioner or veteran," perhaps connected to fogram (1772) "old-fashioned," also "old-fashioned person;" or from fog (n.2) in an obsolete senses of "moss," or from foggy "bloated, fat" (1520s), which perhaps is an extended sense of fog (n.2). Related: Fogeydom; fogeyish; fogeyism.
雙語例句
- 1. He sounds like such an old fogey !
- 他說話聽起來真是個老頑固！
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Old fogey: Carline, ah, how to begin to aloud again case old?
- 老頭子: 老太婆, 呵呵, 怎么又開始念起舊了?
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- 3. Am I going to become an old fogey like him?
- 我會成為像他那樣的老頑固 嗎 ?
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- 4. Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
- 來參加迪斯科舞會吧!別再當老頑固了!
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- 5. Don't act like an old fogey, but don't be misguided by young people, either.
- 不要像個老古董一樣, 也不要被年輕人的思想左右.
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