| 释义 |
shmoo U.S.|ʃmuː|
[Invented word.]
A fabulous animal invented by the U.S. cartoonist Al Capp in 1948. It is small and round, and ready to fulfil immediately any of man's material wants. Also, a model or toy version of this animal. Also Comb., as shmoo-like adj.
1948Newsweek 12 July 56/3 Scheduled for appearance in August, the nature of the ‘Shmoo’ is a well-kept Capp secret. 1948Times-Herald (Washington, D.C.) 25 Aug. 32/2 Too bad this fine, young specimen done heard th' call o' th' shmoo. 1948Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 16/3 The Berlin airlift..has ferried everything from coal to shmoos. 1964R. T. Peterson et al. Birds i. 13 Certainly they [sc. kiwis] are the most unbird-like of all birds, shmoo-like creatures shaped like large, hairy footballs. 1978Washington Post 8 Sept. a. 13/1 Cloning would..even put an end to world hunger. Those who can discuss these things make them sound like Al Capp's ‘shmoos’. |