| 释义 |
▪ I. Walter Mitty
see Mitty2.
▪ II. Walter Mitty, n.
Brit. |ˌwɔːltə ˈmɪti|, |ˌwɒltə ˈmɪti|, U.S. |ˌwɔltər ˈmɪdi|, |ˌwɑltər ˈmɪdi|
[‹ the name of Walter Mitty (see Mitty n.2). Compare slightly later Mitty n.2]
= Mitty n.2
1947Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 19 Sept. 4/2 Every writer is his own Walter Mitty. 1968S. Brittan Left or Right v. 106 The whole Walter Mitty idea of a private line from Downing Street to the White House. 1991U.S. News & World Rep. 27 May 20/2 Henry Kissinger has the same Walter Mitty fantasies as everyone else. 2001J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) vii. 130 After hearing a session of the tall tales..I sometimes set the nose of my pickup truck almost grimly on the homeward track up to my empty house, calling Jayjay a pinchbeck Munchausen or Walter Mitty under my breath. |