| 单词 |
Herbert |
| 释义 |
Herbert, n. Brit. slang.
Brit. |ˈhəːbət|, U.S. |ˈhərbərt|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[‹ the male forename Herbert.]
A stupid, ridiculous, or inconsequential person.
[1925E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words & Phrases 89 'Erb, a wag. A funny fellow... Also used colloquially in addressing any man whose name was unknown... From the typically cockney pronunciation of the name Herbert.] 1960Sunday Times 11 Sept. 37/4 At large jazz festivals the incursion of a minority of moronic roughnecks (known in the business as Herberts) is ruining the pleasure of the great majority. 1976J. Wainwright Who goes Next? 29 Enfield nodded towards the corpse. ‘The two Herberts who found him—I doubt if they'll have spiked shoes’. 1986L. Cody Under Contract ix. 35, I tend to look a right Herbert in anything fancy. 2005J. Brand It's Different for Girls xx. 251 She had seen the Sex Pistols in Hastings, but the audience there had been the familiar bunch of half-drunken old herberts she'd known for years. |
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