jackanapes
/jak-uh-neyps/US // ˈdʒæk əˌneɪps //UK // (ˈdʒækəˌneɪps) //
寒鸦(Jackanapes)
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
- : an impudent, mischievous child.
- : Archaic. an ape or monkey.
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Examples
That accomplished, I shall arrest the Dowager and her son and every jackanapes within that castle.
You pestilent young jackanapes, do you suppose I haven't noticed your idleness?
"Lest he take thee for one of his runaway jackanapes," answered the steward, smiling sourly.
In another letter he writes about "a jackanapes who has lately made a noise here, one Boswell, by anecdotes of Dr. Johnson."
No, Mr. Harry Jocelyn, you are not the jackanapes you try to make people think you: you understand me.'
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