| 释义 |
ˈpussyfooter
[f. pussyfoot v. and n. + -er1.]
a. One who pussyfoots (in any sense of the verb).
b. An advocate or supporter of prohibition.
1927Sat. Even. Post 24 Dec. 9/1 A good politician is a natural-born pussy-footer. 1928Daily Express 28 Dec. 8/3 The pussyfooters..have given a weary and blasé world a new game to play. 1932N.Y. Times 20 May 10/4 The conditions which are attached to its operation make plain its insincerity. It is, therefore, on that very account beginning to attract the favorable attention of the trimmers and the pussyfooters. 1946S. H. Holbrook Lost Men Amer. Hist. 160 The appeasers and pussyfooters of 1850 also provided that any territories that might come into the Union later could do so with or without slavery. |