词族 · fogey
词形变化
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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.