doughboy

解释

• n. 步兵；团子

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英文词源

doughboy (n.)

"U.S. soldier," 1864, American English, said to have been in oral use from 1854, or from the Mexican-American War (1847), it is perhaps from resemblance of big buttons on old uniforms to a sort of biscuit of that name (1680s), but there are various other conjectures.

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例句和用法

1. The doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.

油炸面团是甜甜圈的前身.

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2. The Pillsbury Doughboy would be riveted.

我看起来像个傻子.

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