great unwashed

短语

发音

UK /ˌɡɹeɪt ʌnˈwɒʃt/
US /ˌɡɹeɪt ʌnˈwɔːʃt/
AU
US /ˌɡɹeɪt ʌnˈwɑːʃt/

词形变化

only 复数

别名

great unhosed

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The general populace, particularly the working class.

    贬义 习语 仅复数

词源

Attributed by many to Edmund Burke, the first published use of the phrase was by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in a dedicatory epistle for 1830, Paul Clifford.

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