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Poxy is a small, sour British word for "I do not like this, and I do not think it is big or worth much." If someone says "this poxy computer" or "a poxy little room," they are not giving a careful review — they are brushing the thing aside, as if it is a nuisance. It often sits next to little: a poxy little job, a poxy little pay rise. The feeling is close to lousy or measly: both "this is bad" and "this is too small to matter." Though actually, this is not a word most American speakers use, and it is too informal (and a bit rude) for school writing or a job email. Older British speakers use it more than textbooks admit. It is complaint-talk, not a medical report.
差勁的、破爛的;也有「才那麼一點、不值一提」的嫌棄口氣(英式口語)
組成From pox (an old name for a disease that left spots on the skin) + -y (having that quality). The insult grew out of the disease word: calling a thing poxy once meant it was rotten, as if it had the pox.
同家族的字
- poxthe old disease-word this adjective is built from
- smallpoxshares the pox piece
- chickenpoxshares the pox piece
原始詞典資料3 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。
poxyadj/ˈpɒk.si/
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medicinesciencesSuffering from pox.
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Sickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad.
- Being a pop star means its goodbye to starving in a poxy garret.
- “Everyone bally [balaclava]^([sic]) up, tool up,” said one man. “Let’s show the fucking media that we’re not a fucking pushover, that no more fucking foreigners are allowed into this poxy country.”
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derogatoryslangUnimportant, worthless.
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。