英语词汇“chickpecked”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

chickpecked adj. [ < chick n.¹ + pecked adj.¹, after henpecked adj.] colloquial (frequently humorous) (now rare) designating an adult (esp. a parent) who is ordered about by a child; cf. chicken-pecked adj.

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1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude IV. lxxvi. 192 ‘Hen-pecked’ she knew to be a periphrasis for wife-governed; but ‘chick-pecked’ she had never heard—it would now be very handy if brought into use.

1855 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 729/2 It is bad enough to be henpecked, but to be chickpecked, to be the slave of three daughters, and they possessed of the devil, appeared to me the lowest depth of human degradation.

1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. They auctioned one [Buzz Lightyear toy] in Hull and some chickpecked father bid £90 for him, three times the retail value.

单词	chickpecked
释义	> as lemmas chickpecked chickpecked adj. [ < chick n.¹ + pecked adj.¹, after henpecked adj.] colloquial (frequently humorous) (now rare) designating an adult (esp. a parent) who is ordered about by a child; cf. chicken-pecked adj. ΚΠ 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude IV. lxxvi. 192 ‘Hen-pecked’ she knew to be a periphrasis for wife-governed; but ‘chick-pecked’ she had never heard—it would now be very handy if brought into use. 1855 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 729/2 It is bad enough to be henpecked, but to be chickpecked, to be the slave of three daughters, and they possessed of the devil, appeared to me the lowest depth of human degradation. 1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. They auctioned one [Buzz Lightyear toy] in Hull and some chickpecked father bid £90 for him, three times the retail value. extracted from chickn.¹int.² < as lemmas
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