hoser
构词拆解
- -er
- (added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
词源说明
From hose + -er. The Canadian senses originally derive from hose (“to siphon gasoline from automobile gas tanks”), in reference to farmers who siphoned gas from farming vehicles; they were later reinforced by use to describe the players on the losing side of a game of shinny or hockey, who were required to hose down the rink to return it to a smooth state, and ultimately popularized in the 1980s by a sketch on the television show Second City Television, in which Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas played Bob and Doug McKenzie, who used the term as an insult for each other.
释义
名词noun
- 1One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
- 2slangOne that hoses, i.e. hurts someone badly.
- 3Canada, slangA person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.
- 4Canada, slangA person who hoses down a lake after a game of ice hockey, to return it to a smooth state.
- 5Canada, slangA clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.