| 释义 |
putz U.S.|pʊts, pʌts|
[a. G. putz decorations, ornaments.]
1. dial. In Pennsylvanian Dutch homes, a representation of the Nativity scene traditionally placed under a Christmas tree.
1902N.Y. Times Mag. 14 Dec. 15/2 Only the chosen few can afford to have a really impressive ‘putz’ which fills half a room, and represents a landscape in miniature... This more elaborate ‘putz’ requires not only money for its erection, but artistic handiwork. 1926Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 82/2 The putz is simply the pictured story of the Nativity, built near or at the base of the Christmas tree. 1938A. Hark Hex Marks Spot 186 Everybody's curious to see what kind of putz everybody else has this year, so they go around visiting. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish i. 44 In Pennsylvania, Jews who know Yiddish are often startled during the Christmas season by ads inviting the public to some company's ‘putz’... This German word for decoration means, in Pennsylvania Dutch, a Nativity scene.
2. slang. [Yiddish.]
a. The penis.
1934H. Miller Tropic of Cancer (1935) 34 [She] ought to have better sense than be tripped up by every guy with a big putz who happens to come along. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 298 Putz, rhymes with ‘nuts’. Literally, putz is vulgar slang for ‘penis’... Putz is not to be used lightly, or when women or children are around. It is more offensive than shmuck;..putz has a pejorative ambience. 1969P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 101 He simply cannot—will not—control the fires in his putz, the fevers in his brain.
b. A fool, a simpleton; an objectionable person.
1964W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) vii. 127 What I think is—you're a putz. P, U, T, Z! 1966‘E. V. Cunningham’ Helen (1967) v. 66 ‘What are you telling me? That you fell for her—love at first sight?’ ‘Don't be a putz. I run a gambling house. I don't fall in love.’ 1975A. Bergman Hollywood & Le Vine (1976) v. 56 He understood life's mysteries and tragedies, this gold-plated putz. 1975Publishers Weekly 21 July 60/1 Leaving their ‘putz’ of a son Harry home to nurse his ulcers. 1978J. Krantz Scruples i. 6 ‘You,’ she said, enunciating clearly, ‘are a putz, a schmekel, a schmuck, a schlong, and a shvantz. And a WASP putz, at that.’ |