| 单词 | schoolmarmish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈschoolmarmish ˈschoolmarmish adj. reminiscent or characteristic of a schoolmarm (in sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [adjective] > schoolmistress schoolmarmish1872 schoolmistressy1903 1872 S. A. Emery Three Generations 107/1 ‘You should sit on a stool in the corner, and receive a sound whipping often as you deserve,’ returned his pretty interlocutor, with a pursed-up, school ma'amish air. 1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages vii. 132 The W.E.A. was a practical body... Dowdy, schoolmarmish, extension-lecturish, it might be. 2006 A. Davies Goodbye Lemon i. 68 She is being schoolmarmish and patronizing but I also detect genuine affection. < as lemmas |
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