| 释义 |
‖ maquereau|makəro|
Pl. -eaux.
[Fr.]
= mackerel2.
In quot. 1920 the form with final -o is idiosyncratic.
1898A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican xi. 256 His head was pounded like a Hamburg steak, and sixty-five dollars rolled into the basket, principally contributed by the females who had been accustomed to support the maquereau during his life. 1919C. Mackenzie Sylvia & Michael i. 21 The officer..called him a maquereau. 1920E. Pound Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 14 Bewildered that a world Shows no surprise At her last maquero's Adulteries. 1922F. M. Ford Let. 15 Aug. (1965) 144 It is really too much to expect the very mildest of men to aid in sharpening a pen whose sole occupation is the describing of himself as, let us say, maquereau. 1933‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out x. 78, I counted the number of times I was called maquereau during the day. 1939E. Ambler Mask of Dimitrios xi. 214 The clientèle began to change... We had..more maquereaux and fewer gentlemen, more poules and fewer chic ladies. 1971D. Wallis Bad Luck Girl i. iii. 30 No girl..goes on ship these days. They..lead you to some place where her maquer[e]au can slug you. |