| 单词 | sourpuss |
| 释义 | > as lemmassourpuss sourpuss n. (also sour-puss) [puss n.2] slang (originally U.S.) a sour-faced person; a grumbler; a killjoy; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun] > sour-tempered person sourock1723 sourling1784 lemon1863 vinegar-cruet1873 sour-ball1900 sourpuss1937 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 28 May 14/7 Hadley doesn't look like the kind of sour-puss who would do that. 1942 Penguin New Writing 15 92 He pretends to be more interested in the antics of his birds than in the puffings an' blowings of a sourpuss of a council clerk. 1960 Guardian 15 Mar. 7/3 It's about time we got away from sourpuss champions. 1966 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept i. 34 All the Moral Rearmers and other sour-pusses in Scotland. 1980 Logophile 4 i. 45/2 He had always been henpecked by his wife, a sourpuss with a waspish temper. < as lemmas |
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