Havishamesque

发音

US /ˌhævɪʃəmˈɛsk/
UK /ˌhævɪʃəmˈɛsk/
其它

词形变化

more Havishamesque 比较级 most Havishamesque 最高级

别名

Havisham-esque

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Stuck in the past; also, refusing to accept change or failure.

相关短语

Miss Havishamesque

词源

From Havisham + -esque (suffix meaning ‘in the style or manner of’ forming adjectives), after the character Miss Havisham from the novel Great Expectations (1860–1861) by the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870), a wealthy spinster once jilted at the altar, who lives in a ruined mansion and always wears her wedding dress.

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