“moaner”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

moaner

释义

moaner colloq.|ˈməʊnə(r)|
[f. moan v. + -er¹.]
One who moans; a complainer, a murmurer; a pessimist.
In quots. 1927, 1932 ‘a singer of blues songs’.
1927[see honky-tonk 1].1929Papers Mich. Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. X. 308/2 Moaner, a pessimist.1932Amer. Speech VII. 247 Clara Smith evidently deems it a mark of distinction to be known as ‘The World's Greatest Moaner’.1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §406/1 Gloomy or irritable person; pessimist..complainer; fault⁓finder..moaner.1952Landfall VI. 202 Anyone who questions too often is a ‘moaner’, yet in New Zealand the moaner is common.1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. x. 187 Croydon boys have twenty names for a cry-baby:..moaner [etc.].1969I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam v. 95 Burmeister..once said to me, ‘Limey, you and Goad are the two biggest moaners in my squad.’1969F. Sargeson Joy of Worm iii. 87 But my boy, I did not intend to write you a letter to make myself out what our fellow countrymen call a ‘moaner’.

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