thinking man's crumpet

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词形变化

thinking man's crumpets 复数 thinking man's crumpets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.

    俚语

    Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".

词源

Coined in the 1960s by Frank Muir to describe Joan Bakewell, following the latter’s appearances in high-brow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up. From crumpet (“a sexually desirable woman (UK slang)”).

来源：wiktionary