Humpty Dumpty

短语

汉普蒂邓普蒂(童谣中从墙上摔下跌得粉碎的蛋形矮胖子) 矮胖子 一经损坏无法修复的东西 杜撰词义的人

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Romani drink of ale boiled with brandy.

    废旧 不可数
name
  1. 1.

    A nursery rhyme character who falls from a wall and breaks irreparably in the manner of an egg; (figurative) by extension, anything similarly fragile, irreparably damaged, or insecure, precariously at risk of such irreparable damage.

词源

Possibly baby talk forms of Humphrey, since Dump and Dumphrey have been recorded as pet forms of this given name. Various suggestions have been offered for the original meaning of the nursery rhyme, chiefly concerning the English Civil War, although none has received general acceptance.

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