单词 | Babbitt |
释义 | Babbitt /babˈit/nounA conventional middle-class businessman (or other person) who esteems success and has no use for art or intellectual pursuits ORIGIN: Eponymous hero of novel (1922) by Sinclair Lewis Babbˈittry, Babbˈitry or Babbˈittism noun babbitt /babˈit/transitive verbTo fit with Babbitt, Babbit or Babbitt's metal, a soft anti-friction alloy (tin, with copper, antimony, and usu lead) ORIGIN: Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862), the Massachusetts inventor |
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