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

whippersnapper

/ˈwɪpəsnapə

noun informal

A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident: I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!...

We'll show those young whippersnappers a thing or two about vomiting in doorways!
With all this talk about young whippersnappers trying to get involved in politics, it has been largely overlooked that old coots aren't exactly in the middle of the action.
They need some young whippersnappers in there.

Synonyms

young upstart

informal pipsqueak, squirt, stripling, brat, minx, slip of a …

British informal squit

North American informal snip

dated puppy, pup

archaic malapert

Late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance.

单词	whippersnapper
释义	whippersnapper /ˈwɪpəsnapə / noun informal A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident: I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!... We'll show those young whippersnappers a thing or two about vomiting in doorways! With all this talk about young whippersnappers trying to get involved in politics, it has been largely overlooked that old coots aren't exactly in the middle of the action. They need some young whippersnappers in there. Synonyms young upstart informal pipsqueak, squirt, stripling, brat, minx, slip of a … British informal squit North American informal snip dated puppy, pup archaic malapert Origin Late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance.
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