| 释义 |
goop slang (orig. U.S.).|guːp|
[Arbitrary formation; cf. goof n.]
A stupid or fatuous person. So ˈgoopy a. fatuous, esp. fatuously amorous; stupid.
[1900G. Burgess (title) Goops, and how to be them. Manual of manners for polite infants, inculcating many juvenile virtues, both by precept and example.] 1914Dialect Notes IV. 107 (Kansas) Goop, a boor. 1918Story-Teller Feb. 695/2 You rabbit-faced goop! 1925N. Venner Imperfect Impostor i, Go on, it's a bargain. I'll be the poor goop of this piece. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 770/1 The baggage always affects strangers like that... Makes 'em frightfully goopy till they discover her for the cockatrice she is. 1929‘A. Berkeley’ Wychford Poisoning Case xx. 250 Oh, ass, dolt, fool, goop and mutt! 1946Wodehouse Joy in Morning i. 8 My first emotion..had been a gentle pity for the unfortunate goop slated to step up the aisle with her. 1955Sci. Amer. Apr. 84/1 Americans are shocked when they go abroad and discover whole groups of people behaving like goops—eating with their fingers, making noises and talking while eating. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. x. 179 A person who is ‘wanting in the upper storey’ is:..dotty, goofy or goopy. 1966Punch 21 Dec. 908/1, I am very jealous of my position as chairman of Juke Box Jury,..and I don't believe one can be a placid smiling goop all the time. |