pissant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ant.
  2. An insignificant person. derogatory,slang
    — It is the beauty of well designed fascism that it gives every piss-ant an ant hill to piss from.
  3. A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances. derogatory,slang
    — Their manager is a real pissant about break times.
  4. A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism. derogatory,slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Insignificant or unimportant. sometimes,vulgar
    — This is our chance to make a name for ourselves; to show that we're not just some piss-ant white-bread mountain town.

词形变化

pissants plural piss-ant alternative more pissant comparative most pissant superlative piss-ant alternative

词源

词源 1
From piss + ant, because of the urine-like smell of anthills. Compare pismire.
词源 2
From piss + ant, because of the urine-like smell of anthills. Compare pismire.
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