单词 | Humpty Dumpty |
释义 | Humpty Dumpty/hʌm(p)tɪˈdʌm(p)ti /noun (plural Humpty Dumpties) informal 1A short fat person.He is an extraordinary humpty-dumpty figure with an enormous head and stomach set upon tiny legs, supported by a shepherd's crook. 2A person or thing that once overthrown cannot be restored: regimes toppled like so many humpty-dumpties OriginLate 18th century: from the egg-like nursery-rhyme character who fell off a wall, broke, and could not be put together again. |
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