| 单词 | stupid-sounding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstupid-sounding C1. Forming complementary adjectives, as stupid-looking, stupid-seeming, stupid-sounding. ΚΠ 1732 Applebee's Orig. Weekly-Jrnl. 18 Mar. I have seen some stupid looking Fellows, who not only have had a large Share of low cunning, but also more real Sense than many..of better Countenances. 1815 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr. 502 How such a stupid looking animal [as the turtle] finds out this speck of land..is truly wonderful. 1848 Rambler Dec. 242/2 The poor gave a sincere, though somewhat, stupid-seeming welcome, and begged very little. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus i. 13 Fancy you being engaged!..and to anyone with the name of Matilda—it's such a stupid sounding sort of a name. 1921 Overland Monthly Jan. 35/2 I never saw a more stupid seeming woman..she just sat down and didn't say a word. 1957 Baltimore Afro-Amer. 30 Mar. 4/3 The frightfully boring subject of..why Mary would wear such a stupid looking hat with such a silly looking dress. 1987 Royal Soc. Arts Jrnl. 135 232 Teachers will have to be asking themselves continually, ‘What can be the sense of the funny, odd, sometimes stupid-sounding things these kids are actually saying?’ 2003 P. David Stone & Anvil ii. 22 Where we ever that young and stupid-looking? < as lemmas |
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