| 单词 | party-pooping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparty-pooping party-pooping adj. and n. ; (a) adj. that spoils the plans or social enjoyment of others. (b) n. the practice or an instance of spoiling the social enjoyment of others. ΚΠ 1958 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 15 Sept. 19/2 Arizona State's Frank Kush, usually not the pessimistic party-pooping sort, was anything but living it up after Saturday night's Sun Devil intra-squad shindig. 1960 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 12 Jan. 10/1 The liquor industry would receive its worst jolt since Carry Nation picked up her hatchet and went party-pooping. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 July d1 In fact, the teams are so patently unjust this year that the party-pooping New York Times took a solemn poll of major league teams to set everyone straight. 1993 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 50/1 Despite the post-Tailhook wave of party-pooping, the U.S. Navy has managed to hold on to tradition in at least one respect. 2001 Big Issue 27 Dec. 11/3 They painted him as a mad, bitter, party-pooping, gay, Nazi-appeasing, left-wing fanatic who, ultimately, was better out than in. < as lemmas |
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