humdinger

n. 极出色的人

发音

UK /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/
US /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ/

词形变化

humdingers 复数 humdingers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.

    非正式

    Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

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词源

US origin, perhaps a blend of hummer (“something that moves fast”) + dinger (“something outstanding”). First attested in a newspaper article in the Daily Enterprise of June 4, 1883, at Livingston, Montana.

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