| 释义 |
dumbo slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈdʌmbəʊ|
[f. dumb a. 7 b + -o2.]
A slow-witted or stupid person.
1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 166/2 Dumbo, a stupid person. 1951: ‘Edison was a dumbo in school’ Radio station WHK, Cleveland, Jan. 27. 1978Washington Post 3 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) 16/1 Laurel and Hardy used routines of the dumbo bouncing Falstaffian antics off the straight man. 1982Observer 18 July 6/3 Senators were..frequently inept in their questioning. ‘They're dumbos,’ said a committee official. 1984S. Townsend Growing Pains A. Mole 106, I am sharing a book with three dumbos who take half an hour to read one page. |