moaning Minnie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who moans; a peevish complainer. slang
    — Don't you think that's the way to persuade more companies to come to this region and get more jobs—because I want them—for the people who are unemployed? Not always standing there as moaning minnies. Now stop it!
  2. An air raid siren. historical,slang
  3. A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer). historical,slang

词形变化

moaning Minnies plural

词源

Possibly from the French name Minié (for a soft lead bullet) or the German Minenwerfer, a type of trench mortar (WW I allusions), or simply because of the alliteration of the name with the participial adjective; see Martin, Gary (19 November 2022), “Moaning Minnie”, in Phrases.org.UK, retrieved 29 Nov 2022.
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