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schoolmarm是什么意思

schoolmarm

英 ['skuːlmɑːm] 美
  • n. 女教师(等于schoolma’am);装出教师派头的人;女学究

中文词源


schoolmarm 古板的女教师

来自 school ma'am 或 school madam 的口语词。

英文词源


schoolmarm (n.)
also school-marm, "female school teacher," 1834, American English colloquial, in countrified humor writing of "Major Jack Downing" of Maine (Seba Smith); variant of school-ma'am (1828), American English, from school (n.1) + ma'am. See R. Used figuratively from 1887 in reference to patronizing and priggish instruction.

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