informal something that appears to be valuable but is actually worthless
chiefly NAmer, informal a person who shirks assigned work
[from a confidence trick in which an ordinary brick is passed off as solid gold]
单词 | goldbrick |
释义 | goldbrick1nouninformal something that appears to be valuable but is actually worthless chiefly NAmer, informal a person who shirks assigned work [from a confidence trick in which an ordinary brick is passed off as solid gold] goldbrick2verb transinformal to swindle or cheat (somebody). chiefly NAmer, informal to shirk assigned work goldbricker noun |
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