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schlemiel

/shluh-meel/US // ʃləˈmil //UK // (ʃləˈmiːl) //

沼泽地,沼泽,沼气,沼泽区

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.

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Examples

  • The song ends up a hit, and the schlemiel has done it again.

  • Do you call an ineffectual, hapless person a schlemiel, a shlemel, a shlemyel, or a schlemeyel?

  • Then comes the requisite sitcom schlemiel-like ER visit with a doctor and some drops and some close-ups.

  • Based on the leaked reports, he said, “a schlemiel could have done this.”

  • Ever since Gifkin leaves us, y'understand, we got in our cutting room one Schlemiel after another.

  • A dirty schlemiel of a greenhorn like him should talk French!