| 单词 | schmuck |
| 释义 | schmuck (once / 51389 pages) n A schmuck is a loser, idiot, or jerk. This Yiddish word is a little old-fashioned and not very harsh. If you've ever felt like a dummy or sucker, you've felt like a schmuck. This is one of many Yiddish words for "jerk" or "idiot" that are common in English, including schmo, schlub, schlemiel, and schnook. Old-fashioned and kind of unusual, schmuck is probably one of the least mean ways to call someone a loser. WORD FAMILYschmuck: schmucks USAGE EXAMPLES“I’m just an average schmuck,” he told the Colorado Independent. The New Yorker(Dec 02, 2016) Did it “normalize” Trump, presenting him first as a hapless wannabe and then as a lovable schmuck, but never as a credible threat? Slate(Nov 23, 2016) If you can get away with losing over $1bn on a deal, you’d have to be a schmuck not to. The Guardian(Nov 20, 2016) n (Yiddish) a jerk Syn|Hyper schmo, shmo, shmuck dork, jerk a dull stupid fatuous person |
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