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. |