| 单词 | joe public |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJoe Public Joe Public n. (A member of) an audience; hence (a member of) the general public. Frequently mildly derogatory slang (originally U.S. Theatre). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > ordinary or average man Richard Roe1593 Tom Stiles1681 John Doe1756 the man in the street1831 the next man1848 Everyman1901 the man on the Clapham omnibus1903 slob1910 John Citizen1918 average Joe1940 Joe Blow1941 Joe Public1942 Joe Doakes1943 Joe Soap1943 Joe Bloggs1969 Joe Sixpack1972 everyguy1976 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > member of the general public Joe Public1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §584/4 Audience,..Joe Public. 1953 Commercial & Financial Chron. 14 May 13 (heading) Paging Joe Public. 1972 Bankers Mag. (Boston, Mass.) Winter 102/2 Some very powerful bankers and brokers leaked..news of the downturn in the affairs of Douglas Aircraft. This permitted those who were privy to the information to get out from under before ‘Joe Public’. 1978 D. Norden in F. Muir & D. Norden Take my Word for It 80 We've really got to provide Joe Public with some sort of ongoing visual reference-point. 1991 Model Railways Mar. 111/1 The East Midlands Model Railway Exhibition..is actually aimed at the railway modeller and the enthusiast, rather than ‘Joe Public’. < as lemmas |
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