silver spoon

短语

adj. 生就有福的，出生于富贵人家的

发音

AU

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Wealth passed down or inherited.

    金汤匙

    金钥匙

    金锁匙

    习语 不可数

    He was born with a silver spoon and an upturned nose. He didn't lose the latter when he squandered the former.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

old money

词源

Rooted in 18th century European table-setting customs, when diners would bring their own utensils to the meal. To distinguish themselves from serfs and peasants, members of the land-owning classes often used silver cutlery, whence the term silverware.

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