Poindexter

n. (Poindexter)人名；(英)波因德克斯特

发音

US /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/
其它
UK /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstə/

词形变化

Poindexters 复数 Poindexters

别名

poindexter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bookish or socially unskilled person.

    美国 非正式
name
  1. 1.

    A surname from Jersey Norman.

词源

From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unskilled person” is from the character of the same name in the cartoon Felix the Cat. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang.

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