英语词汇“mutton dummy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mutton dummy

noun (plural mutton dummies) Northern Irish

1A light rubber-soled canvas shoe, as worn for sport in schools: their children were going to school in mutton dummies...

Once he got into his red car, I would sprint in my black mutton dummies trying to beat him to school.
Each morning, pupils would attend assembly wearing their short trousers and mutton dummies on their feet
They are heavily into white sports socks, the tops of the ankles showing various team colours, wearing them in conjunction with a pair of trainers or mutton dummies.

2A person who is lacking sense or initiative: you’re left staring like a mutton dummy...

No sooner have I said that was the 'worst' official I have seen and in the next match I see another mutton dummy.
She stood there like a mutton dummy.

Origin

1930s: origin unknown; possibly from mutton cloth 'a type of cotton cloth used to wrap meat' (from the resemblance to the material from which the shoes are made) + dummy with reference to the lack of noise they make.

单词	mutton dummy
释义	mutton dummy noun (plural mutton dummies) Northern Irish 1A light rubber-soled canvas shoe, as worn for sport in schools: their children were going to school in mutton dummies... Once he got into his red car, I would sprint in my black mutton dummies trying to beat him to school. Each morning, pupils would attend assembly wearing their short trousers and mutton dummies on their feet They are heavily into white sports socks, the tops of the ankles showing various team colours, wearing them in conjunction with a pair of trainers or mutton dummies. 2A person who is lacking sense or initiative: you’re left staring like a mutton dummy... No sooner have I said that was the 'worst' official I have seen and in the next match I see another mutton dummy. She stood there like a mutton dummy. Origin 1930s: origin unknown; possibly from mutton cloth 'a type of cotton cloth used to wrap meat' (from the resemblance to the material from which the shoes are made) + dummy with reference to the lack of noise they make.
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