英语词汇“namby-pamby”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	namby-pamby
释义	Trends of namby-pamby View usage for: namby-pamby in British English (ˌnæmbɪˈpæmbɪ) adjective 1. sentimental or prim in a weak insipid way namby-pamby manners 2. clinging, feeble, or spineless a namby-pamby child nounWord forms: plural -bies 3. a person who is namby-pamby Word origin C18: a nickname of Ambrose Phillips (died 1749), whose pastoral verse was ridiculedfor being insipid namby-pamby in American English (ˈnæmbiˈpæmbi) adjective 1. weakly sentimental; insipid 2. without vigor 3. wishy-washy noun 4. namby-pamby talk 5. Word forms: plural ˈnamˈby-pambies a namby-pamby person Word origin orig. satirical nickname of Ambrose Philips, 18th-c. Eng poet: in ridicule of his sentimental pastorals Examples of 'namby-pamby' in a sentence namby-pamby Saying he wasn't going to have anything to do with violence,' Lomax mimicked in a namby-pamby voice. Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002) Synonyms of 'namby-pamby' feeble, weak, wet, sentimental More Synonyms of namby-pamby
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