brown-nose
英 [braunnəuz]
美
- vi. 拍马屁；谄媚
- vt. 拍…的马屁
- n. 谄媚者
brown-nose 拍马屁俚语词。brown，棕色的。nose, 鼻子。讽刺拍马屁拍到老板的屁都要闻或更恶心行为。
- brown-nose (v.)
- also brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from brown (adj.) + nose (n.), "from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one's nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought" [Webster, 1961]. Related: Brown-noser, brown-nosing (both 1950).
- 1. The sand martin is a brown bird with white underneath.
- 崖沙燕是一种褐羽白腹的鸟。
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- 2. Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.
- 欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。
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- 3. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.
- 布朗夫人在11月的选举中仍然没有十足的胜算。
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- 4. We talk in her Belgrade flat, full of heavy old brown furniture.
- 我们在她位于贝尔格莱德的公寓里进行了交谈，那屋里满是结实的老式棕色家具。
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- 5. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.
- 特别内阁委员会包括布朗先生、曼德尔森先生和斯特劳先生。
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