mugwump

n. 超然派, 骑墙派, 大人物, 头子, 脱党者, 独立分子

发音

UK /ˈmʌɡwʌmp/
其它
US /ˈmʌɡˌwʌmp/
US /ˈməɡˌwəmp/

词形变化

mugwumps 复数 mugwumps mugwumped mugwumping mugwumps 三单 mugwumping 现在分词 mugwumped 过去式 mugwumped 过去分词

别名

Mugwump

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A (male) leader; an important (male) person.

    幽默
  2. 2.

    A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908).

    美国 历史 政治
  3. 3.

    A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.

    政治 引申义
  4. 4.

    One who switches from supporting one political party to another, especially for personal benefit.

    澳大利亚 美国 政治 引申义
  5. 5.

    A person who stays neutral or non-committal; a fence sitter; also, a person who maintains an aloof and often self-important demeanour.

    澳大利亚 美国 非正式 贬义 引申义
  6. 6.

    A foolish person.

    澳大利亚
v.
  1. 1.

    To behave like a mugwump.

    美国 不及物
  2. 2.

    To purport to stay aloof and independent, especially from party politics.

    美国 不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

independent fence sitter

上位词 4

politician pol individualist politico

词源

The noun is borrowed from Massachusett mugquomp, mummugquomp (“war leader”). Folk etymology reinterpreted it as referring to a person who sat on the fence with their mug (“face”) on one side and wump (“rump”) on the other, which influenced political cartoons during the 1884 United States presidential election. The verb is derived from the noun.

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