| 释义 |
pie-face|ˈpaɪfeɪs|
[f. pie n.2 + face n. 1.]
A person of round or blank countenance; a stupid person. (In quot. 1922 used of an effeminate man.)
1922S. Lewis Babbitt vii. 99 Oh, there's a swell bunch of Lizzie boys and lemon-suckers and pie-faces. 1930Amer. Speech VI. 92 The following expressions belong to colloquialisms and slang, including movie and radio neologisms... Pie-face. 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 388/2 Pie-face, a person with a round face and a blank, funny, or homely expression; a stupid person. |