单词 | bad sort, a |
释义 | bad sort, aAn unpleasant, mean person, as in We cautioned Bill about his friend, who was clearly a bad sort. The antonym is a good sort, a pleasant, kind person, as in She's a good sort, always helping her neighbors. The latter is stronger than not a bad sort, as in He seems ill-tempered now and then, but he's not a bad sort. All three terms use a sort in the sense of “kind of person.” [Second half of 1800s] Words nearby bad sort, aAbadan, Abaddon, Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter, Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis, A bad penny always turns up, bad sort, a, ab aeterno, abaft, Abagtha, Abailard, Abakan The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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