单词 | mean streak |
释义 | > as lemmasmean streak mean streak n. a vicious or cruel character trait; a tendency towards unpleasantness. ΚΠ 1868 Atlantic Monthly May 547/2 There isn't a mean streak in him. I don't believe he ever did a low thing in his life. 1875 Ladies' Repository May 578/1 There are no petty, mean streaks in his character. 1966 Toronto Daily Star 16 June 74/2 A girl who would be attracted to Bud's mean streak and bad temper must be a little out to lunch. 1991 A. Martin Walking on Water (1992) xxix. 111 Stories of his mean streak were legion. If you dropped in on him you were history. < as lemmas |
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