namby-pamby

短语

a. 无病呻吟的, 矫饰的, 性格软弱的 n. 无病呻吟的诗文(或言语), 矫饰, 娇媚, 性格软弱的人

发音

AU

词形变化

namby-pambies 复数 namby-pambies namby-pambied namby-pambies 三单 namby-pambying namby-pambying 现在分词 namby-pambied 过去式 namby-pambied 过去分词 more namby-pamby 比较级 namby-pambier namby-pambiest namby-pambier 比较级 most namby-pamby 最高级 namby-pambiest 最高级

别名

namby pamby mamby-pamby

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak.

  2. 2.

    Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.

v.
  1. 1.

    To coddle.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Insipid and sentimental.

  2. 2.

    Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

wuss weakling doormat
形容词

同义词 3

spineless gutless wishy-washy

词源

From the poem Namby-Pamby (1726) by Henry Carey, a satire on the sentimental pastorals of the poet Ambrose Phillips.

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