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In informal British English, muggins is a humorous way to say “me”, when you feel a bit stupid because you let other people treat you — you said yes, you did the extra work, you paid, and now you are the one left holding the problem. “And muggins here had to tidy up.” You almost always use it of yourself, with a small bitter laugh, not as a hard insult thrown at someone else. It is spoken, a little old-fashioned, and not for formal writing. The origin is unknown. The “fool” sense is old British slang from the 1770s, probably grown from mug meaning “fool”; some game uses may come from the surname Muggins. Though actually, many students meet it only in stories or sitcoms, not in Taiwan daily English, so it can sound dated even to young British speakers.
自嘲「倒楣的我/這個傻瓜」(英國口語,指自己被佔便宜還幫忙)
組成Origin unknown. Sense “fool” is 1770s British slang, probably from mug (“fool”). Game senses perhaps from the surname Muggins.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
mugginsnoun/ˈmʌ.ɡɪnz/
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A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
- I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.
- "And I thought: if muggins here, a 37-year-old government minister who can look after myself, feels that way, then we need to really think about how we're putting in place a level of protection for women.
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The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
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A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
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A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。