Whip-cracker
n. 马戏团驯兽人, (喻)有权威的人
🧩 词语组成解析
whip
[wɪp]
vt. 鞭打，抽打;严厉地折磨、责打或责备，迫使;把…打起泡沫;
vi. 烤，烘;烘干;
n. 鞭子;鞭伤，鞭痕;鞭状物;组织秘书，立法机构的一员;
cracker
[['krækə]]
n. 饼干, 爆竹\\n[计] 破袭者
🗣️ 情景例句
She gave me the cold shoulder.
她对我冷淡。
I was 10 minutes late.
我迟到了五分钟。
Oh, Pierre, how wonderful! But I don't think we can go. I haven't got an evening dress for the ball! And a new dress costs over four hundred francs.
啊，比尔，太棒了！不过，我想我们去不成。我没有参加舞会的晚礼服啊！而一件新的晚礼服得花400多法郎。