brownnose

参见：brown-nose

英语

词源

brown +‎ nose，与粪便有关。

发音

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名词

brownnose (复数 brownnoses)

1. (比喻义) 拍马屁的人，阿谀奉承者，马屁精
   • 1997, Ulrich Herbert, Hitler's foreign workers: enforced foreign labor in Germany under the Third Reich, Cambridge University Press，页号 126:

     A workmate reported the matter, "which is why the worker threatened to beat up the latter," calling him a "brownnose" and threatening to "wipe the floor with him."

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   • 2007, Felicity Young, An Easeful Death, Fremantle Press，页号 13:

     'I know, he's a natural brownnose. I guess he does have some talents.'

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   • 2010, Joseph Morse, Gods of Ruin: A Political Thriller,，页号 46:

     You don't have to be such a brownnose, at least not to me.

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近义词

• brown noser

动词

brownnose (第三人称单数简单现在时 brownnoses，现在分词 brownnosing，一般过去时及过去分词 brownnosed)

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相关词汇

• brownnoser、brown noser、brown-noser