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单词 walter mitty
释义 wal·ter mit·ty
\ˈwȯltə(r)ˈmid.ē\ noun
(plural walter mittys)
Usage: usually capitalized W&M
Etymology: from Walter Mitty, hero of the short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939) by James G. Thurber b1894 American artist and writer
: a commonplace unadventurous person who seeks escape from reality through daydreaming and typically imagines himself leading a glamorous life and becoming famous
 < spent his life doing the things of which the world's wistful … Walter Mittys can only dream — James Gray >
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