tatterdemalion

n. 衣杉褴褛的人

发音

UK /tætədəˈmeɪliɒn/
其它
US

词形变化

tatterdemalions 复数 tatterdemalions more tatterdemalion 比较级 most tatterdemalion 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person with tattered clothing.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Tattered.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ragamuffin

上位词 1

urchin
形容词

同义词 7

derelict broken-down tattered dilapidated bedraggled ramshackle tumbledown

近义相关 2

damaged worn

词源

First attested circa 1608. An early spelling was tatter-de-mallion, rhymed with Italian. The first part of the word is tatter; the origin of the second part is uncertain; Ebenezer Cobham Brewer suggested it might be from de maillot (“shirt”).

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