Twistian

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to Oliver Twist (from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens), a mistreated orphan who scandalizes the workhouse by daring to ask for more food.
    — It's the kind of Oliver Twistian advice given frequently to blacks deemed middle class: be grateful for the gruel because children are starving in the inner cities.

词形变化

more Twistian comparative most Twistian superlative

词源

From Twist + -ian.
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