| 释义 |
gold brick  US informal noun1A thing that looks valuable, but is in fact worthless. 1.1 (also goldbricker) A confidence trickster.In such small communities, thieves, liars, and goldbrickers could easily be identified....- He'd catch up to the goldbrickers in a moment, he just needed to rest.
2A lazy person.We finished the pen around the time those two goldbrickers returned from their joyride. verb (goldbrick)1 [no object] Invent excuses to avoid a task; shirk: he wasn’t goldbricking; he was really sick 2 [with object] Swindle (someone): look out they don’t goldbrick you |