tonto

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n. 阿帕奇分族的印第安人

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AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of idiot: someone who is foolish or stupid.

    俚语
  2. 1.

    a traditional Ugandan fermented beverage made from bananas

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of crazy.

    冒犯 俚语

    He told the businessmen that the law that required the certification by the President was ‘tonto’.

    His two heroes are both ex-FO types and both terminally tonto about cricket.

    Whether you're based in Cyprus or you know we do longer tours in Kenya or Oman or are busy just making it to the brigade at the moment up in Estonia, you know it's going to be a busy army and unfortunately we've got a busy adversary now in Putin. Gone full tonto, I think, as I'd say, and you know that's going to be quite... We've got 1,000 people on standby.

    Oi, bruv. He's gone full tonto.

词源

Borrowed from Spanish tonto (“stupid, foolish; idiot, fool”), of uncertain etymology. Originally in US use but now chiefly British. Cf. earlier Tonto, with which it is sometimes confused.

来源：wiktionary