| 单词 | curate's egg |
| 释义 | curate's eggnoun British.something discreetly declared to be partly good but in fact thoroughly bad. Origin of curate's eggafter a cartoon by G. du Maurier in the English humor weekly Punch (Nov. 9, 1895): a meek curate, when served a bad egg at the bishop's table, replies that “parts of it are excellent” Words nearby curate's eggcurariform, curarine, curarize, curassow, curate, curate's egg, curative, curative dose, curator, curb, curb ball Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for curate's eggcurate's egg nounsomething that has both good and bad parts Word Origin for curate's eggC20: derived from a cartoon in Punch (November, 1895) in which a timid curate, who has been served a bad egg while breakfasting with his bishop, says that parts of the egg are excellent 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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