单词 | curate's egg |
释义 | curate's egg cu.rate's egg AHD: [ky‹r“¹ts] D.J. [6kj&*r!ts]K.K. [6kj&r!ts]n.Chiefly British (名词)【多用于英国】 Something with both good and bad qualities.有好与坏特性的东西;质量优劣兼备的东西语源:[From a story in] Punch about a curate who, having been served a bad egg by his bishop, said that parts of it were excellent [From a story in] Punch about a curate who, having been served a bad egg by his bishop, said that parts of it were excellent |
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