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单词 oafish
释义
oafoaf /əʊf $ oʊf/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINoaf
Origin:
1600-1700 Old Norse alfr ‘elf’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Watch it, you big oaf!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Only an oaf would remain longer.
  • Really, George was a tasteless oaf at times.
  • She deserves better than to be upended by a drunken oaf who seems incapable of controlling his social behaviour.
  • That big oaf of a stonemason?
  • They have also, it must be admitted, sometimes floundered and fumbled like ten-thumbed, hammer-footed, constipated, sexless oafs.
  • Under the influence Clift was transformed from an articulate and relaxed friend into a repugnant oaf.
  • Unfortunately, facing Mrs Bottomley reduced me from passionate eloquence to an inarticulate oaf, and my opportunity was lost.
someone who is stupid or awkward, especially a manoafish adjective
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