mooncalf

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmuːnkɑːf/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception. archaic
    — Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How camest thou to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
  2. A poorly conceived idea or plan.
  3. A dreamer, someone absent-minded or distracted; a fool, simpleton.
    — “[…] you’re a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you’re a Hatter!” I shrieked the last epithet.

词形变化

mooncalves plural moon-calf alternative

词汇关系

相关词
moon moonstruck moonbat

词源

From moon + calf, after a superstition that the moon caused abnormal fetal development.
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