Mother Hubbard

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long, wide, loose gown with long sleeves and a high neck originally introduced by Christian missionaries as an adaptation of 19th-century European fashion to Polynesia but subsequently inclusive of lighter and more colorful variations.
    — Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin. I do not know how many of them there were. They fell away voluminously into the capaciousness of her bosom. She was dressed usually in a pink Mother Hubbard, and she wore all day long a large straw hat.
形容词 adj.
  1. Empty. colloquial,idiomatic
    — "Other than my earthquake kit, the cupboards are looking pretty Mother Hubbard. We can go to the Farmers Market and get some produce."

词形变化

Mother Hubbards plural more Mother Hubbard comparative most Mother Hubbard superlative

词源

词源 1
From "Old Mother Hubbard", a nursery rhyme.
词源 2
From "Old Mother Hubbard", a nursery rhyme.
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