释义 |
lack-wit, lackwit|ˈlækwɪt| [lack v.1 7.] A witless or stupid person.
1667Dryden Sir Martin Mar-all iv. i. Wks. (1883) III. 53 A conceited lack⁓wit, a designing ass. 1809E. S. Barrett Setting Sun I. 40 Alexander, the Lackwit. 1911H. S. Harrison Queed iv. 42 West..abused himself for a shiftless lackwit who was slated for an unwept grave. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxi. 210, I was embarrassed exceedingly by an inarticulate lack-wit, while I filled the petrol tank. |