crybaby

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A baby who cries excessively.
    — A notorious human crybaby, according to her older siblings, parents and the building superintendent, will cry for two hours every two hours, refusing to acknowledge any distinction between crying and other basic infant activities, like “being awake” or “breathing.”
  2. Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters. derogatory,slang
    — Then he used the occasion to humiliate the provost, calling her an example of the censorious crybabies whom he had come to relieve of their responsibility.
  3. Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well. derogatory,slang
    — […]Now there are a lot of crybabies around who are talking about what ought to have done and the bomb ought to have had a demonstration in Japan before you killed all those people. […] I don't care what the crybabies say now because they didn't have to make the decision.
动词 v.
  1. To act like a crybaby. intransitive
    — Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on.

词形变化

crybabies plural cry baby alternative cry-baby alternative crybabies present,singular,third-person crybabying participle,present crybabied participle,past crybabied past cry baby alternative cry-baby alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
crybabyish crybully try-baby
相关词
cry like a baby bellyacher complainer sniveler whiner whinger

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English cry
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-redup.
Proto-Germanic *babô
Proto-West Germanic *babō
Old English *baba
Middle English babe
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
Middle English baby
English baby
English crybaby
From cry + baby.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English cry
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-redup.
Proto-Germanic *babô
Proto-West Germanic *babō
Old English *baba
Middle English babe
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
Middle English baby
English baby
English crybaby
From cry + baby.
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