| 单词 | teacher's pet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteacher's pet teacher's pet n. a derogatory term for a teacher's favourite pupil; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > teacher's favourite teacher's pet1914 1914 B. Tarkington Penrod xii. 89 ‘Teacher's pet!’ whispered Penrod hoarsely. He had nothing but contempt for Georgie Bassett. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel iii. 237 The other employees in the department hated her and nick~named her Teacher's Pet. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xii. 199 He was not only the ‘teacher's pet’, he was the ‘rich kid’. He was doubly isolated. 1957 J. Kirkup Only Child xi. 139 So immediately after lessons were over, I would not linger in the classroom ‘sucking up to teacher’ as the ‘teacher's pets’ did. 1968 Guardian 16 Mar. 11/5 The anxious child was usually the conventional teacher's pet, always well dressed and obedient. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. i. 12 It [sc. the phrase ‘prime minister’] was used to denote ‘court favourite’, with connotations similar to ‘teacher's pet’. < as lemmas |
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