| 词汇 | fusspot |
| 释义 | fusspot noun[ C ] UKinformaluk /ˈfʌs.pɒt/ us /ˈfʌs.pɑːt/(USfussbudget) a person who is often not satisfied and complains about things that are not important: 挑剔的人 "I can't eat this meat - it's too tough." "You old fusspot - give it here and I'll eat it!"“我吃不了这块肉，太硬了。”“你这个挑剔的老家伙——给我，我来吃！” Wanting everything to be right anally anally retentive choosy cover all the basesidiom dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom fuss fussbudget fussily fussiness fussy pedant pedantic pedantically pedantry perfectionism punctilious punctiliously punctiliousness purism purist Examples of fusspotfusspot They have gone from being despots to being fusspots, and that is not justified by the circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have tried not to be too much of a fusspot and not to be an extremist on the subject of litter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has probably been inserted by some constitutional fusspot who does not know what the exact position is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What other institutions in this land are being subjected to this fusspot stuff? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are far too many fusspots around. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a real fusspot and lives in the dark, dank area of the bedroom that is under the bed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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