| 单词 | window licker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow licker window licker n. (a) a person who peers closely into or out of a window, pressing his or her face to the glass (rare except as implied in sense (b)); (b) offensive (often as a term of abuse) a person who is severely mentally or physically disabled; (in extended use) a person regarded as simple-minded or incapable. [With sense (a) compare French lèche-vitrine , lèche-vitrines ‘window shopping’, lit. window-licking (1959); in sense (b) from a derogatory stereotype of a disabled child who presses his or her face against a school-bus window (see quot. 1995).] ΚΠ 1986 Med. Econ. 12 May 133/1 A window-shopping excursion is an eye-opener.... The Faubourg is much the favorite of the local ‘léche vitrines’ (literally, window lickers) who enjoy the chic displays. 1995 Re: I am single..AND? in ba.singles (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Aug. Matti is a window licker on the little yellow retard bus. 1997 Traffic Safety July 17/3 Neverman frequently spots..‘window-lickers’—unbelted kids with faces pressed to the glass. 2013 Vanity Fair Sept. 214/3 None of the 10 Dukes of Richmond have been mouth-breathing window lickers. All have served their nation. 2016 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 21 Mar. 7 A bus driver was overheard mocking disabled children... The man said he drove ‘window lickers’, before attempting an impression. < as lemmas |
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