橘子朗文词典

toady

T 开头单词GRE词汇

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈtəʊ.di]
  • 美式音标 [ˈtoʊ.di]
  • 国际音标 ['təudi]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.谄媚者；拍马屁的人
  • v.谄媚；拍马屁

词根记忆

  • toad(癞蛤蟆) + y→像蛤蟆一样趴在地上的人→马屁精

同根派生

     

英汉例句

  • Arrogance has no defense against a toady.
    傲慢防不了谄媚者.
  • " Oh , hello, Mr. Lee. How are you toady? "
    哦, 喂, 李先生, 你今天好 吗 ?
  • An invention may be new toady, but in a few years, it may be outdated.
    一项发明今天可能新颖, 过几年可能就会过时.
  • He flung it in my teeth that I was a toady.
    他责备我是个马屁精.
  • Arrogance has no defense against a toady.
    傲慢防不了谄媚者.

词组短语

    短语

  • USA TOADY 一款新闻类应用
  • Mogg Toady 莫葛马屁精
  • toady to 方〉∶指奉迎拍马;谄媚
  • toady y 谄媚者
  • Pekinese toady 哈巴狗

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are nice to an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.
  • If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant toward that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.