moonling

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A simpleton; a lunatic. archaic
    — I have a husband, and a two-legg'd one, But such a moonling, as no wit of man, Or roses can redeem from being an ass.
  2. One who is lovesick; one who moons over a beloved. archaic,poetic
    — The sky was not quite as blue as her—Thunderation, he was no moonling!
  3. A changeling.
    — "I see. He's a black man. But Jacob Millhaven is not black. Eldridge was left on his doorstep as a baby, and the philosopher adopted him." "Oh! Then he's a moonling! He doesn't seem to suffer from any stigma."
  4. Someone from the Moon.
    — A shy moonling hangs on the suit of an astronaut and is taken back to earth.

词形变化

moonlings plural

词源

From moon + -ling. Compare moon-related origins of lunacy and lunatic.
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