sorehead

n. 发怒的人, 发牢骚的人, 落魄者 a. 牢骚满腹的

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词形变化

soreheads 复数 soreheads

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.

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    Don't be a sorehead! Forgive, forget and get on with your life.

    2000, Nancy Capace, McGill, Ralph Emerson, entry in Encyclopedia of Tennessee, page 63, He antagonized them by printing that they were a bunch of "failures . . . chronic soreheads . . . hoodlums, and toughs who have no faith in themselves."

  2. 2.

    A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.

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    2007, Bessie Louise Pierce, A History of Chicago, Volume III: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893, page 341, Despite the opposition of professional politicians of unsavory reputation and men the Tribune described as “irresponsible soreheads,” the Medill ticket swept into office with a flatteringly large vote.

  3. 3.

    Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri; elaeophorosis.

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    2012, D. G. Pugh, N. (Nickie) Baird, Sheep and Goat Medicine, unnumbered page, Elaeophora schneideri is a filarial nematode that has been reported primarily in wildlife species in the western United States, including mule deer and bighorn sheep. Elaeophorosis (sorehead) is uncommon in sheep and goats.

  4. 4.

    Fowlpox.

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    1922, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Agricultural Dept, Annual Report of the Agricultural Department, Volume 4, page 103, The two principal causes of death among chicks has been sorehead and coccidiosis.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

malcontent

词源

From sore + head, perhaps specifically from the simile like (or mad as) a bear with a sore head.

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