wishy-washy
/ˈwɪʃ.iˌwɒʃ.i//ˈwɪʃ.iˌwɑ.ʃi/
词源说明
Reduplication of washy; more at Wikipedia under ablaut reduplication. The wish portion of the term is explained much more by the ablaut reduplication than by any coincidental semantic appropriateness (such as that wishy-washy people wish that they could have it both ways), although the latter effect may play some nonzero cognitive role in word-finding. Compare also swish, swash, splish, and splash regarding any possible sound symbolism.
释义
形容词adjective
- 1Wavering; lacking in commitment, certainty, support, and (often) clarity; namby-pamby.
- 2Thin or watery.