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单词 meanie
释义

meanie

or mean·y

[ mee-nee ]
/ ˈmi ni /
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noun, plural mean·ies.Informal.

a mean, small-minded, petty, or selfish person: The children said their teacher was a real meanie.
a villain, as in a movie or book: Syndrome is the meanie in “The Incredibles.”

Origin of meanie

First recorded in 1925–30; mean2 + -ie

Words nearby meanie

meander line, mean deviation, mean distance, meandrous, mean free path, meanie, meaning, meaningful, meaningful relationship, meaningless, mean length of utterance
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British Dictionary definitions for meanie

meanie

meany

/ (ˈmiːnɪ) /

noun plural meanies informal

mainly British a miserly or stingy person
mainly US a nasty ill-tempered person
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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