waspy

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɒspi/    美 /ˈwɑspi/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
    — I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline.
  2. Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture. slang
    — “I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types.
  3. Infested with wasps.
    — a waspy apple
  4. Waspish; irascible.

词形变化

waspier comparative waspiest superlative waspier comparative waspiest superlative WASPy alternative

词源

From wasp + -y.
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