Whipper-snapper
n. <旧><口><贬>厚颜无耻的或妄自尊大的年轻人
📖 牛津释义
whipper-snapper
n
(dated infml derog 旧, 口, 贬) young and unimportant person who behaves in a cheeky or over-confident way 厚颜无耻的或妄自尊大的年轻人.
🧩 词语组成解析
n. 鞭打者；抽打者；似用鞭子抽打者
n. 咬人的狗, 厉声说话的人, 揿钮
🗣️ 情景例句
Nice girl.
好女孩。
I wish you to be more careful.
我希望你更谨慎。
If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.
如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话，这座大钟永远也不会建造。