解释
- n. 饶舌的人；轻浮的人；不负责任
※ 提供单词"flibbertigibbet"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
flibbertigibbet 轻浮的人
无意义拟声词，闲扯，无聊。比较flimflam, gibber.
英文词源
- flibbertigibbet (n.)
- 1540s, "chattering gossip, flighty woman," probably a nonsense word meant to sound like fast talking; as the name of a devil or fiend it dates from c. 1600 (together with Frateretto, Hoberdidance, Tocobatto). OED lists 15 spellings and thinks flibbergib is the original.
例句和用法
- 1. But I think you a horrid old – old flibbertigibbet.
- 但我认为你是个可怕的老人,刷贫嘴的老头儿.
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