Mrs Miggins

短语

发音

UK /ˌmɪsɪz ˈmɪɡɪnz/
其它
UK /-səz-/
US /ˌmɪsɪz ˈmɪɡɪnz/
US /-sɪs-/

别名

Mrs. Miggins

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    Any ordinary woman, especially an older woman.

    英国 非正式

    Near-synonym: woman on the street

    I doubt that Mrs Miggins on the number 32 bus cares much about the plight of the yellow woodlouse.

词源

From Mrs + Miggins (a surname), possibly popularized by the character Mrs Miggins who is mentioned in the British television comedy series Blackadder II (first broadcast 9 January – 20 February 1986) as the owner of a pie shop, and appears in Blackadder the Third (17 September – 22 October 1987) as a coffee shop proprietress.

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