參見:brown-nose

英語

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詞源

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brown +‎ nose,與糞便有關。

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名詞

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brownnose (複數 brownnoses)

  1. (比喻義) 拍馬屁的人,阿諛奉承者,馬屁精
    • 1997, Ulrich Herbert, Hitler's foreign workers: enforced foreign labor in Germany under the Third Reich, Cambridge University Press,頁號 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."
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    • 2007, Felicity Young, An Easeful Death, Fremantle Press,頁號 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,,頁號 46:
      You don't have to be such a brownnose, at least not to me.
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動詞

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brownnose (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 brownnoses,現在分詞 brownnosing,一般過去時及過去分詞 brownnosed)

  1. 對...點頭哈腰

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