| 释义 |
scuzz, n. colloq. (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.).|skʌz|
Also scuz.
[Prob. abbrev. of disgusting ppl. a., though perh. a blend of scum n. and fuzz n.1]
1. (Formerly at scuzzy a.) One who or that which is disgusting or unpleasant.
1968Sunday Sun (Baltimore) 3 Nov. d1/5, I..did ‘Midnight Cowboy’ where I'm Ratso Rizzo, a complete scuzz. 1972J. Wambaugh Blue Knight vi. 78 One white, bearded scuz in a dirty buckskin vest and yellow headband. 1984Time 10 Dec. 92/1 Axel..hails from Detroit, where the fuzz's lot is mostly scuzz. 1984Sounds 29 Dec. 23/2 More wild..rock'n'roll..as with the other three volumes of this scuzz. 1988M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) xl. 230 In the larger picture, we're just a little green scuzz on the surface.
2. Special Comb. scuzzbag (also scuzzball, -bucket), a contemptible or despicable person; also as a general term of abuse; cf. scumbag n. 2.
1983Time 11 July 72/2 He calls a minister a ‘*scuzzbag’. 1986Los Angeles Times 5 Jan. (Comic Suppl.) 3/3 What kind of scuz-bag would turn in his own. 1986InfoWorld 13 Jan. 58/1 Each and every magazine and newspaper has long known the lineup of products (Mac Plus with its *scuzzball hard disk port, [etc.]). 1989Newsday 17 Sept. (TV Plus) 85/4 Her cheating husband, Ernie, a crotch-grabber who brings new meaning to the word ‘*scuzzbucket’. |