frump

n. 邋遢女人, 守旧者

发音

其它 /fɹʌmp/

词形变化

frumps 复数 frumps frumped frumping frumps 三单 frumping 现在分词 frumped 过去式 frumped 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.

    非正式 可数 不可数

    You look like such a frump today!

  2. 2.

    Unattractive, dowdy clothes.

    非正式 不可数 可数

    Get that frump off – it's horrid!

  3. 3.

    A bad-tempered person.

    可数 过时 不可数
  4. 4.

    A flout or snub.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.

    1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I told the guy "Well, now all I can do is come up with excuses" & told him I had to babysit. He frumped like, "Oh, shame!" and asked if I'd be there later.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dog

词源

Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.

来源：wiktionary