| 单词 | toady |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['təudi] |
| 解释 | n.谄媚者，马屁精 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.谄媚者，马屁精 (one who flatters；syncophan t) 【考】 blowhard : boastful / toady : obsequious(吹牛者吹牛/谄媚者 谄媚) 【记】 分割记忆：toad(癞蛤 蟆)+y，像蛤蟆一样趴 在地上的人→马屁精 |
| 字源 | toady (n.) "servile parasite," 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer" (1742), originally (1620s) "the assistant of a charlatan," who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison. The verb is recorded from 1827. Related: Toadied; toadying. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 谄媚者(出于私利而吹捧或尊敬他人的人) = sycophant; v 溜须拍马 【记】toad(n 癞蛤蟆), y: toad想吃天鹅肉的时候要做马屁精. 【类】blowhard: boastful = toady: obsequious[flatter]吹牛者吹牛的 = 谄媚者谄媚的recluse: solitude = toady: favor隐遁者孤单 = 献媚者表达好感 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】toad 癞蛤蟆一样的拍马屁的人；音：投地，总是对人五体投地的谄媚者； |
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