muckamuck

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status. colloquial,countable,derogatory,sometimes
    — I think it was the Fourth of July when they took the chair from under my ass again. Not a word of warning. One of the big muck-a-mucks from the other side of the water had decided to make economies; […]
  2. Food. US,dated,dialectal,possibly,uncountable
    — She apparently has her own way in everything now, the old chief being quite satisfied to get his rations of muckamuck and tobacco without troubling himself as to how it is provided.

词形变化

muckamucks plural muck-a-muck alternative muckety muck alternative muckety-muck alternative muckey-muck alternative mucky-muck alternative mucky muck alternative

词源

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon muckamuck (“food”). In the sense of person of authority, it is short for high muckamuck, from Chinook Jargon hayo muckamuck (“plenty to eat, plenty of food; to eat”). See muckety muck. The ultimate source of the word is unclear; it is possible that the term originated within Chinook Jargon itself, rather than being borrowed from another language.
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