请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 green welly brigade
释义

green welly brigade

noun (the green welly brigade) British informal, often derogatory
Wealthy upper-middle-class people who live in or like to visit the countryside: who’d have thought I’d become a signed-up member of the green welly brigade?...
  • It's absolutely short-sighted by the green welly brigade - they are holding us back.
  • Last week brought a 'shooters' charter' for the green welly brigade, promising to protect the country sport some feared was under threat.
  • As in 2005, we must consider voters actively put off voting Tory by a knock on the door from the green welly brigade.

Origin

From the type of wellington boots supposedly favoured by such people.

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 19:41:15