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doughboy的意思

doughboy

基本解释

n. 步兵;团子

英文词源

doughboy (n.)
"U.S. soldier," 1864, American English, said to have been in oral use from 1854, or from the Mexican-American War (1847), it is perhaps from resemblance of big buttons on old uniforms to a sort of biscuit of that name (1680s), but there are various other conjectures.

实用例句

1. The doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.
油炸面团是甜甜圈的前身.
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2. The Pillsbury Doughboy would be riveted.
我看起来像个傻子.
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