单词 | dumbo |
释义 | dumbo in British English (ˈdʌmbəʊ) nounWord forms: plural -bos slang an unintelligent or foolish person Word origin C20: after the flying elephant in Dumbo, the Walt Disney cartoon released in 1941dumbo in American English (ˈdʌmbou) (noun plural -bos) slang noun 1. a stupid person a class full of dumbos adjective 2. stupid or foolish What a dumbo idea! Word origin [‡1955–60; dumb + -o]-o is a suffix occurring as the final element in informal shortenings of nouns (ammo; combo; condo; limo; promo); -o also forms nouns, usually derogatory, for persons or things exemplifying or associatedwith that specified by the base noun or adjective (cheapo; pinko; sicko; weirdo; wino)Examples of 'dumbo' in a sentence |
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