doughboy
英 ['dəʊbɔɪ]
美 ['doʊˌbɔɪ]
- n. 步兵；团子
英语词源
- doughboy (n.)
- "U.S. soldier," 1864, American English, said to have been in oral use from 1854, or from the Mexican-American War (1847), it is perhaps from resemblance of big buttons on old uniforms to a sort of biscuit of that name (1680s), but there are various other conjectures.
权威例句
- 1. The doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.
- 油炸面团是甜甜圈的前身.
- 2. The Pillsbury Doughboy would be riveted.
- 我看起来像个傻子.