| 单词 | old bat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold bat b. [Originally after French vieille chauve-souris (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1886); in later use perhaps influenced by battle-axe n. 4.] A disagreeable or foolish woman or girl (occasionally also used affectionately). Usually with modifying adjective, esp. in old bat. ΚΠ 1886 K. P. Wormeley tr. H. de Balzac Père Goriot v. 63 That old bat of a woman [Fr. cette vieille chauve-souris] makes me shiver. 1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 81 She's an old bat, ain't she? 1961 F. Brown Murderers ii. 27 Mrs. Whelan..came up to ask us to knock off a few decibels,..and stayed for a glass of wine; she's a nice tolerant old bat. 1977 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays 157 I couldn't help myself, you daft bat! 1996 M. Syal Anita & Me (1997) ix. 234 ‘I'm not allowed. Not on me own.’ ‘You won't be on your own, will you, soft bat.’ < as lemmas |
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