| 释义 |
zob U.S. slang. rare.|zɒb|
[Origin unknown.]
A weak or contemptible person; a fool.
1911W. F. Kirk Right off Bat 13 He came here in the early Spring with all the try-out mob Striving to bat like Wagner and to slide (spikes first) like Cobb. Some of the vets cried, ‘Bonehead!’ Others remarked, ‘Poor zob!’ 1920S. Lewis Main Street xxxv. 416 And the same thing goes for that crowd of crabs and snobs Down East, and next time you hear some zob from Yahooville-on-the-Hudson chewing the rag..you tell him that no..Westerner would have New York for a gift! 1922― Babbitt x. 140, I don't know how you fellows feel about prohibition, but the way it strikes me is that it's a mighty beneficial thing for the poor zob that hasn't got any will⁓power but for fellows like us, it's an infringement of personal liberty. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §396 Terms of disparagement..yaphead, yazzihamper, zob. |