used-to-be

短语

n. 过时的人, 从前出过风头的人

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Former, ex-.

    非正式

    1888, Daily Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, 3 September, 1888, Milburn Ellis, a used-to-be resident of this place, but now of the Grasshopper Country […] is visiting relatives here.

    2004, Adrienne Rich, “Dislocations: Seven Scenarios,” 4, in The School Among the Ruins: Poems 2000-2004, New York: Norton, p. 88, her / orders don’t necessarily / get obeyed / because / the government / is paying / and the / used-to-be / warriors / are patients