twerp

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /twɜːp/    美 /twɝp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fool, a twit. UK,colloquial
    — Now you've broken it, you twerp!
  2. A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. US,childish,colloquial
    — Get out of my way, you little twerp!
  3. A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). US,childish,colloquial

词形变化

twerps plural twirp alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
twerpish twerpy
相关词
derp twerk

词源

Of uncertain origin; originally British slang of the 1910s. In a letter, dated 6 October 1944, J. R. R. Tolkien mentions a contemporary of his at Oxford University T.W. Earp, calling him "the original twerp"; but no corroborating evidence for this etymology has come to light. Other suggestions include: a clipping of Antwerp (“type of racing pigeon that flew between Antwerp and London”); the onomatopoeic twirp (“imitation of the sound of a bird”); a dialectal variant of dwarf (compare Middle English dwerf); Welsh twp (“a fool”).
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