| 释义 |
▪ I. meany colloq.|ˈmiːnɪ|
Also meanie.
[f. mean a.1 + -y6, -ie.]
A mean-minded or stingy person.
1927H. C. Brown In Golden Nineties iii. 107 It was whispered by some old meanies that many of the five-foot floral offerings were purchased by the actors themselves and sent to the theatre with fictitious names attached. 1928J. P. McEvoy Showgirl xiii. 212/1 This old meany..last night..found himself, much to his aged surprise, in the Klaw Theatre. 1936L. C. Douglas White Banners xiv. 315 Colonel Livingstone was an old meanie. 1951J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. i. 34 He was at heart, she felt, a cunning old meanie. 1974Times 15 Feb. 4/4 A bunch of local ‘baddies’ reinforced by ‘meanies’.
▪ II. meany(e
obs. ff. many; var. ff. meinie. |