fuddy-duddy
fuddy-duddy 英 [ˈfʌdi dʌdi] 美 [ˈfʌdiˌdʌdi]
n. 守旧者；唠叨的人
名词复数:fuddy-duddies
- An old-fashioned, fussy person can be called a fuddy-duddy. You might accuse your best friend of being a fuddy-duddy if she prefers staying home drinking tea and reading on Saturday nights, instead of going dancing with you.
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- n. 守旧者；唠叨的人
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1. Stephen loves pop culture, and not being seen as a fuddy-duddy.
史蒂芬喜爱流行文化，也不像是个唠叨的守旧者”。
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2. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown talked excitedly about “transforming” Whitehall and its fuddy-duddy ways.
托尼·布莱尔和戈登·布朗常脸红脖子粗地向人们讲述一个“不断改进”的白厅和之前老旧唠叨的种种。
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