喜樂美語
  1. 1街頭野孩子（舊時帶階級歧視的罵法）

    A guttersnipe, in old and rather cruel English, is a child judged dirty, , and badly behaved, and said to come from a poor home. Gutter is the filthy channel at the edge of the street; snipe is a bird of wet, muddy places — the insult stitches those together and looks down from above. Newspapers and novels from a century ago used it freely. Today it sounds snobbish and dated. You may meet it in older stories, or as a joke, but it is not a kind word to put on a real child.

組成gutter + snipe. Gutter is the dirty street channel; snipe is a bird of wet muddy ground. The insult puts them together.

同家族的字

  • gutterthe dirty channel at the edge of a street; here it stands for a poor, rough street life
  • snipea bird of wet muddy places; the old insult borrowed the bird’s name

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

guttersnipenoun/ˈɡʌtɚˌsnaɪp/

  • 1

    derogatorydatedA person of the lowest social or economic class.

    • Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back.
  • 2

    derogatoryarchaicA street urchin.

    • Never lose a chance: it doesnt come everyday. I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe.
  • 3

    derogatoryobsoleteslangA broker who sold securities in the street.

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