fogey的意思

fogey

英式音标['foɡi]
美式英标['fəʊgɪ]

基本解释

n. 守旧者，老保守；抱残守缺的人

中文词源

fogey 老顽固

词源不详。可能来自fog, 雾，发白胡子，用来指老头。

英文词源

fogey (n.): also fogy, "an old, dull fellow," 1780, Scottish foggie, originally "army pensioner or veteran," perhaps connected to fogram (1772) "old-fashioned," also "old-fashioned person;" or from fog (n.2) in an obsolete senses of "moss," or from foggy "bloated, fat" (1520s), which perhaps is an extended sense of fog (n.2). Related: Fogeydom; fogeyish; fogeyism.

实用例句

1. He sounds like such an old fogey !: 他说话听起来真是个老顽固！

2. Old fogey: Carline, ah, how to begin to aloud again case old?: 老头子: 老太婆, 呵呵, 怎么又开始念起旧了?

3. Am I going to become an old fogey like him?: 我会成为像他那样的老顽固吗 ?

4. Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!: 来参加迪斯科舞会吧!别再当老顽固了!

5. Don't act like an old fogey, but don't be misguided by young people, either.: 不要像个老古董一样, 也不要被年轻人的思想左右.

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