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词汇 fusspot
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Definition of fusspot in English:

fusspot

nounˈfʌspɒtˈfəsˌpɑt
informal
  • A fussy person.

    〈非正式〉瞎忙的人;大惊小怪的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The power to discriminate makes Virgo the sign of the food fusspot, the nutritionist and the restaurant critic.
    • Mine is a fusspot round the house and is obsessed with things being ironed correctly!
    • It is not beyond the realms that within a generation or two punctuation (not to mention spelling) will be regarded as the old-fashioned preserve of fusspots who have no idea how to communicate clearly.
    • The old fusspot doesn't want a single spot in front of the pub.
    • She complains that Toby is a fusspot and that no one seems to trust her.
    • It is no place for people who can't handle the occasional snoot full of dust or worse, or for fusspots who must work and stay clean at the same time.
    • As the chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board, he is in a sense a professional fusspot, paid to be wary.
    • Dictators are often fusspots about food, and Mussolini, like Hitler, was one.
    • Big and burly bouncers guard the entrance and are fusspots (a rarity in Valencia), so make sure you are dressed to kill.
    • The main difference is that you brood while he bumbles, but that's a footnote for fusspots.
    • However, she is played as such a little fusspot and gossip that she injects the women's scenes with a lot of humour.
    • As a game it can be a hoot, but there are occasions when it becomes no laughing matter, usually when some fusspot with a bad dress sense decides to invoke a screamingly ridiculous rule instead of concentrating on his short game.
    • Then again, since it is the function and duty of a magazine to report newsworthy happenings as fully as possible, they cannot hold back some information because some fusspots might think that it is not in the public interest.
    • ‘Of course I'll be alright, fusspot,’ she said teasingly.
    • They used to be called fitters, and conjured up images of fusspots, who toiled away in dark workshops designing and constructing oil-covered dirty machines for industry.
    • Well, we have words for people like that: nitpickers, fusspots, pettifoggers.
    • I'm also working on a magnum opus, attacking poetry at every level of the class structure from the ghetto to poetry slams on up to the Library of Congress fusspots.
    • Josh is no fusspot about what Val wears as long as she's there, but Val just likes to look nice for the sake of looking nice.
    • The fusspot in me appreciates the fusspot in him.
    • This works amazingly for vegans, lactose intolerants, and sundry fusspots.
    Synonyms
    fussy person, worrier, perfectionist, stickler, grumbler
    informal nitpicker, old woman
    North American informal fussbudget

Definition of fusspot in US English:

fusspot

nounˈfəsˌpätˈfəsˌpɑt
informal
  • A fussy person.

    〈非正式〉瞎忙的人;大惊小怪的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm also working on a magnum opus, attacking poetry at every level of the class structure from the ghetto to poetry slams on up to the Library of Congress fusspots.
    • They used to be called fitters, and conjured up images of fusspots, who toiled away in dark workshops designing and constructing oil-covered dirty machines for industry.
    • Josh is no fusspot about what Val wears as long as she's there, but Val just likes to look nice for the sake of looking nice.
    • This works amazingly for vegans, lactose intolerants, and sundry fusspots.
    • Big and burly bouncers guard the entrance and are fusspots (a rarity in Valencia), so make sure you are dressed to kill.
    • Well, we have words for people like that: nitpickers, fusspots, pettifoggers.
    • Dictators are often fusspots about food, and Mussolini, like Hitler, was one.
    • As the chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board, he is in a sense a professional fusspot, paid to be wary.
    • The fusspot in me appreciates the fusspot in him.
    • Then again, since it is the function and duty of a magazine to report newsworthy happenings as fully as possible, they cannot hold back some information because some fusspots might think that it is not in the public interest.
    • The old fusspot doesn't want a single spot in front of the pub.
    • ‘Of course I'll be alright, fusspot,’ she said teasingly.
    • It is no place for people who can't handle the occasional snoot full of dust or worse, or for fusspots who must work and stay clean at the same time.
    • The main difference is that you brood while he bumbles, but that's a footnote for fusspots.
    • It is not beyond the realms that within a generation or two punctuation (not to mention spelling) will be regarded as the old-fashioned preserve of fusspots who have no idea how to communicate clearly.
    • The power to discriminate makes Virgo the sign of the food fusspot, the nutritionist and the restaurant critic.
    • As a game it can be a hoot, but there are occasions when it becomes no laughing matter, usually when some fusspot with a bad dress sense decides to invoke a screamingly ridiculous rule instead of concentrating on his short game.
    • Mine is a fusspot round the house and is obsessed with things being ironed correctly!
    • She complains that Toby is a fusspot and that no one seems to trust her.
    • However, she is played as such a little fusspot and gossip that she injects the women's scenes with a lot of humour.
    Synonyms
    fussy person, worrier, perfectionist, stickler, grumbler
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