单词 | katzenjammer |
释义 | katzenjammer in British English (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmə) noun mainly US 1. a confused uproar 2. a hangover Word origin German, literally: hangover, from Katzen cats + jammer misery, wailingkatzenjammer in American English (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər) US noun 1. a farcical quality; travesty 2. a bewildering hodgepodge or distressing confusion 3. a severe headache, esp. as part of a hangover Word origin Ger < katze, cat1 + jammer, woe < OHG jamar, orig. adj., sad, akin to OE geomor, miserable: sense katzenjammer (sense 1) infl. by U.S. cartoon strip (The Katzenjammer Kids), originated (1897) by R. Dirks |
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