单词 | butt-in |
释义 | butt-inn. U.S. colloquial. Now rare. A person who butts in, interrupts, or interferes; a busybody, a meddler.In quot. 1903: a general introduction for a new boarder in a boarding house.In quot. 1906 in a representation of pidgin English. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > intrusion or interference > one who intruder1594 interloper1632 buttinsky1901 butt-in1903 butt-inera1910 1903 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 6 June 8/3 These boarding-house butt-ins. These boarding-house all-around introductions, then, if you can't understand good English. 1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 97 Gettee 'way... No want flesh butt-ins round! 1911 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Warren's Wards viii. 124 If I had my way the old butt-in should understand exactly what I think of him. 1930 Liberty Mag. 1 Nov. 43/1 She [sc. a gangster's moll] may be just a butt-in. 1990 B. Michael Volunteers Public Schools vi. 99 Some teachers perceive volunteers as possible gossips and ‘butt-ins’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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