| 释义 |
yenta U.S.|ˈjɛntə|
Also yente, (rare) yenteh.
[Yiddish, orig. a personal name.]
A gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew.
1923A. Yezierska Salome of Tenements 12 The slattern yentehs lounging on the stoops..were transfigured. 1931B. Hecht Jew in Love 122 Jesus God, you talk like a typical yenta. 1948Commentary V. 500/1 Yente has become synonymous with noisiness and vulgarity, plus implications of rough good-heartedness. 1968Encounter Sept. 27/1 Yenta, I am told, was a perfectly acceptably name for a lady, derived from the Italian gentile—until some ungracious yenta gave it a bad name. 1970S. Ellin Bind xxiii. 114 A couple of yentas got nothing better to do, they'll take a sunbath right by my window. 1975New Yorker 24 Nov. 167/3 It is to the director's credit that she manages to hold down Doris Roberts' performance as the yente. 1978I. B. Singer Shosha ii. 38 You were always ready to trade me for the first available yenta. |