puckish
英 ['pʌkɪʃ]
美
中文词源
puckish 顽皮的，淘气的来自puck,淘气小妖，-ish,形容词后缀。
英文词源
- puckish
- puckish: [19] In English folklore from the late Middle Ages onward, Puck was a mischievous but essentially harmless sprite, up to all sorts of tricks (hence the coining of puckish for ‘mischievous’). But his Anglo-Saxon ancestor Pūca was a far less pleasant proposition – for this was the Devil himself. He gradually dwindled over the centuries, but a hint of his former power remained in his placatory alternative name Robin Goodfellow. It is not known whether pūca is of Germanic or Celtic origin.
- puckish (adj.)
- 1867, from Puck + -ish. Related: Puckishly; puckishness.
双语例句
- 1. He had a puckish sense of humour.
- 他有种恶作剧式的幽默感。
来自辞典例句
