pip-squeak

短语

n. 无足轻重的人, 无价值的东西, 无聊的人

词形变化

pip-squeaks 复数 pip-squeaks

别名

pipsqueak

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small and insignificant person.

    小人物

    贬义 非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

squirt small fry

上位词 4

nobody cipher cypher nonentity

词源

From pip + squeak. Based on a speech by Sir Eric Geddes in December 1918 on German war reparations for World War 1: “We will get out of her all you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more. I will squeeze her until you can hear the pips squeak.”

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