| 单词 | jack in office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack in office Jack in office n. a person in authority who behaves in an officious manner, esp. one in a relatively minor position; (also attributive) designating or characteristic of such a person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > officious or petty Jack in office1652 red-tapist1832 red-taper1837 Bumble1846 red tapeworm1851 tapist1852 jobsworth1970 1652 Anti-levellers Antidote 22 Such Officers, or Jacks in Office, have been very insolently proud. 1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding i. iv. 4 A jack-in-office rascal! we shall cure the blue-skin'd runnion of his itch for whipping, I warrant ye. 1794 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 452 I hate a jack-in-office martinet. 1887 W. Besant World Went xiii The clerks..gave this young officer..as much trouble as Jacks-in-office possibly can. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Nov. 869/3 Harassed by Guatamaltec Jacks-in-office. 1976 A. Calder Russia Discovered viii. 259 ‘You can wait,’ he yelled at her as he turned to Ragin; this kind of jack-in-office rudeness is something which Chekhov loathes. 2011 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Nov. 10 Local councillors..worried sick that some little jack in office at the Planning Inspectorate in Bristol, will overturn their local decisions. < as lemmas |
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