| 单词 | shmoo-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshmoo-like 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 in combinations, as shmoo-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > miscellaneous types of calesc1300 yalec1425 tiger1481 su1568 succarath1594 rhinocerot1613 bunyip1848 bandersnatch1871 Omophore1871 taotie1915 pushmi-pullyu1922 shmoo1948 kaiju1972 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > soft toy > [noun] > specific baa-lamb1599 bear1905 teddy bear1906 teddy1907 shmoo1948 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional animal splacknuck1726 tove1855 boojum1876 snark1879 pushmi-pullyu1922 warg1937 shmoo1948 Womble1968 1948 Newsweek 12 July 56/3 Scheduled for appearance in August, the nature of the ‘Shmoo’ is a well-kept Capp secret. 1948 Times-Herald (Washington, D.C.) 25 Aug. 32/2 Too bad this fine, young specimen done heard th' call o' th' shmoo. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 16/3 The Berlin airlift..has ferried everything from coal to shmoos. 1964 R. 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. 1978 Washington 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’. < as lemmas |
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