tear-throat

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A blustering, boisterous person. obsolete
    — The majestical king of fishes, heroical most magnificent Herring, armed with white and red, keeps his court in all this hurly-burly, not like a tyrannical tear-throat in open arms, but like wise Diogenes in a barrel[…]
  2. An overactor. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Vociferous. obsolete
    — […]upon which was erected the true picture of a most unmatchable Hangman[…]for this tear-throat termagant is a fellow in folio, a commander of such great command, and of such greatness to command, that I never saw any that in that respect could countermand him[…]
  2. Amateurish; characterized by overacting. obsolete
    — Or was he just going to expose the tear-throat acting in the Rose?

词形变化

tear-throats plural more tear-throat comparative most tear-throat superlative

词汇关系

相关词
tear-cat tear-mouth

词源

词源 1
From tear + throat.
词源 2
From tear + throat.
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