| 单词 | crape-hanger |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrape-hanger crape-hanger n. U.S. (formerly) a person who hung up crape as a sign of mourning; hence U.S. slang, a killjoy; a pessimistic person; cf. crêpe-hanger n. at crêpe n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > dejected or gloomy person unhappy hooka1529 drooper1577 disconsolate1631 desponder1689 mope1693 moper1721 despondent1812 misery1888 crape-hanger1921 Dismal Desmond1926 Dismal Jimmy1927 crêpe-hanger1930 Eeyore1932 1921 H. C. Witwer Leather Pushers xi. 294 Good Lord, I was never surrounded by so many crape hangers in my life! 1925 G. P. Krapp Eng. Lang. in Amer. I. 117 Who will know a generation hence..that a crape-hanger is a reformer? 1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xxxvi. 259 Look at those old crape-hangers, Father Cass and Uncle Bradd. < as lemmas |
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