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单词 slack-jaw
释义 ˈslack-jaw
[f. slack a. Cf. jaw n.1 6.]
Tiresome or impertinent talk.
1797M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 14 Ayes and noes settle the affairs of the nation,..as well as all the slack-jaw of modern orators.1821Scott Pirate xxxv, A sort of nautical eloquence, which his enemies termed slack⁓jaw.1833Fraser's Mag. VII. 10 All manner of blarney, slack-jaw, fudge, and gossip.1864Realm 6 July 7 The platitudinous sham-antique slackjaw, all words and no thought, of..worthless pedants.
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