dumdum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact to cause a gaping wound.
    — He related to us how the savages make bullets from the heart of a very hard wood cured by a special process. These bullets are only effectual when fired from a short range, and when they lodge in the flesh they explode like dumdum bullets.
  2. An ignorant person; an idiot. childish,endearing

词形变化

dumdums plural dum-dum alternative dum dum alternative dumdums plural dum dum alternative dumb dumb alternative dumb-dumb alternative dumbdumb alternative

词源

词源 1
From Dum Dum, a city in India where the type of bullet was developed, from Hindi दम दम (dam dam) (Bengali দমদম (domodom)), from Hindi दमदमा (damadmā, “tenaille, a raised mound or battery”).
词源 2
A reduplication of the adjective dumb, spelled in a "dumb" way (eye dialect).
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