swoose
n. (天鹅与家鹅的杂交后代)天鹅鹅
词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
An animal cross between a swan and a goose, especially one produced from a male swan and a female goose.
非正式Mr. Peirce had already promised the bird to me, and so, during the summer, hearing that a more or less fabulous fowl had arrived from nowhere in particular, I visited the Park and Mr. Peirce’s long lost “Swoose.”
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2.
A person or thing sharing the characteristics of two otherwise separate groups; a hybrid (also see Swoose)
非正式Well by the time all the cooks in that broth got through with it, by the time it emerged from the Congress, it was a "swoose." It was not swan and it was not goose, it was a "swoose." It was a "swoose" to its dying day, which hasn't quite arrived yet, but its [sic] imminent.
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3.
A stupid person.
俚语
词源
Blend of swan + goose.
来源:wiktionary