po-faced

短语

a. 面无表情的, 一本正经的

发音

/ˈpəʊ.feɪst/

词形变化

more po-faced 比较级 most po-faced 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish.

  2. 2.

    Poker-faced.

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近义相关 3

humorless humourless unhumorous

词源

Uncertain, probably from po, abbreviated slang based on French pot de chambre (“chamber pot”), after the distasteful expression anyone would adopt upon being presented with a full one. Perhaps similarly from pooh; perhaps influenced by poker-faced. Also possibly “poor-faced”.

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