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toady

/toh-dee/US // ˈtoʊ di //UK // (ˈtəʊdɪ) //

马屁精,拍马者,拍马屁者,马屁精们

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural toad·ies.

    • : an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    toad·ied, toad·y·ing.

    • : to be the toady to.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    toad·ied, toad·y·ing.

    • : to be a toady.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • To say that, as a great moral reformer, he had no enemies, would be to say that he was a toady and a time-server.

  • Swift was a toady at heart, and used Stella vilely for the sake of that hussy Vanessa.

  • But if Toady told you that, then no one can blame the Gardeness.

  • Maybe he got his toady, Jack Pender, to set the place afire so nothing would ever come out about it, suggested Bob.

  • Sir Toady Lion, having a "pinch-bug" coralled in his palms, sat regarding it cautiously between his thumbs.