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词汇 lummox
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Definition of lummox in English:

lummox

noun ˈlʌməksˈləməks
North American informal
  • A clumsy, stupid person.

    〈非正式,主北美〉笨拙的家伙;笨蛋

    watch it, you great lummox!

    小心点儿,你这个大笨蛋!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Surely you wouldn't rather stumble about with your thick-necked flatfooted lummox of a boyfriend.
    • The bizarre incident nevertheless solidified the widespread public view that the Opposition Leader was an inept lummox and unreconstructed thug.
    • I cannot see if you are in the way, you great lummox!
    • She is married to Phil, a pothead lummox who, along with his creepy best friend Bubba, paints houses for a living.
    • In my segment of over-privileged middle-class London, countless respectable parents are sheltering a great lummox of a son whose only apparent plan is never to amount to anything.
    • She just needs someone better than this lummox to play off of.
    • She also starts suggesting that, if the looming lummox had an ‘accident,’ no one would be overly heartbroken.
    • If he tried to get past him, the great lummox would surely notice him, so there was basically no way out.
    • ‘They ain't fer you, ya big lummox,’ Becky Sue said.
    • I mean, what gives her the right to call him a big lummox?
    • As amusing as this looks, Detective, get this lummox off me.
    • Things in the castle had changed a bit, there were new, larger halls here and there (I see the lummox has been busy).
    • But some lummox has to miss the decisive penalty, and I'm saying it'll be him.
    • You are a princess, and whether you like it or not, you were born for a greater purpose than frolicking around with that no good, filthy lummox you have attached yourself to.
    • It was a silly digression, but one that's effective in showing him as a flummoxed lummox.
    • Well let me tell you what I think, you big lummox.
    • I will make life so hard for these wretched lummoxes who pass for my servants that the atrocities of Ivan the Terrible will seem like a fairy-picnic!
    • And they hadn't a clue about the right products and materials for the job - one lummox had even ruined a stainless steel cooker by attacking it with a steel scourer.
    • Unless he could free the doomed lummox beneath him by sundown, he'd be on the south end of more drunken wagers than either man could count.
    • Anyway, the point of this is that it was my big bro's birthday yesterday - the big lummox was 39.
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

Origin

Early 19th century: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

flummox

Definition of lummox in US English:

lummox

nounˈləməksˈləməks
North American informal
  • A clumsy, stupid person.

    〈非正式,主北美〉笨拙的家伙;笨蛋

    watch it, you great lummox!

    小心点儿,你这个大笨蛋!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyway, the point of this is that it was my big bro's birthday yesterday - the big lummox was 39.
    • In my segment of over-privileged middle-class London, countless respectable parents are sheltering a great lummox of a son whose only apparent plan is never to amount to anything.
    • Surely you wouldn't rather stumble about with your thick-necked flatfooted lummox of a boyfriend.
    • As amusing as this looks, Detective, get this lummox off me.
    • But some lummox has to miss the decisive penalty, and I'm saying it'll be him.
    • Unless he could free the doomed lummox beneath him by sundown, he'd be on the south end of more drunken wagers than either man could count.
    • The bizarre incident nevertheless solidified the widespread public view that the Opposition Leader was an inept lummox and unreconstructed thug.
    • I cannot see if you are in the way, you great lummox!
    • I will make life so hard for these wretched lummoxes who pass for my servants that the atrocities of Ivan the Terrible will seem like a fairy-picnic!
    • She is married to Phil, a pothead lummox who, along with his creepy best friend Bubba, paints houses for a living.
    • And they hadn't a clue about the right products and materials for the job - one lummox had even ruined a stainless steel cooker by attacking it with a steel scourer.
    • If he tried to get past him, the great lummox would surely notice him, so there was basically no way out.
    • She also starts suggesting that, if the looming lummox had an ‘accident,’ no one would be overly heartbroken.
    • I mean, what gives her the right to call him a big lummox?
    • Well let me tell you what I think, you big lummox.
    • You are a princess, and whether you like it or not, you were born for a greater purpose than frolicking around with that no good, filthy lummox you have attached yourself to.
    • Things in the castle had changed a bit, there were new, larger halls here and there (I see the lummox has been busy).
    • She just needs someone better than this lummox to play off of.
    • It was a silly digression, but one that's effective in showing him as a flummoxed lummox.
    • ‘They ain't fer you, ya big lummox,’ Becky Sue said.
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

Origin

Early 19th century: of unknown origin.

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