tinhorn

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A contemptible or pretentious person, especially one who gambles for low stakes. US
    — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”
形容词 adj.
  1. Cheap, inferior; pretentious. US

词形变化

more tinhorn comparative most tinhorn superlative tin-horn alternative tinhorns plural tin-horn alternative

词源

词源 1
From tin + horn, from gambling.
词源 2
From tin + horn, from gambling.
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