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单词 fusspot
释义
fusspot
noun[C]
UKinformal
uk
/ˈfʌs.pɒt/us
/ˈfʌs.pɑːt/
(USfussbudget)
apersonwho is often notsatisfiedandcomplainsabout things that are notimportant:
挑剔的人
"I can'teatthismeat- it's tootough." "Youoldfusspot - give it here and I'lleatit!"“我吃不了这块肉，太硬了。”“你这个挑剔的老家伙——给我，我来吃！”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting everything to be right
  • anally
  • anally retentive
  • choosy
  • cover all the basesidiom
  • dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom
  • finicky
  • fuss
  • fussbudget
  • fussily
  • fussiness
  • pedant
  • pedantic
  • pedantically
  • pedantry
  • perfectionism
  • punctiliously
  • punctiliousness
  • purism
  • purist
  • stickler
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(Definition offusspotfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffusspot

fusspot
They have gone from being despots to being fusspots, and that is not justified by the circumstances.
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I have tried not to be too much of afusspotand not to be an extremist on the subject of litter.
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It has probably been inserted by some constitutionalfusspotwho does not know what the exact position is.
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What other institutions in this land are being subjected to thisfusspotstuff?
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There are far too many fusspots around.
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He is a realfusspotand lives in the dark, dank area of the bedroom that is under the bed.
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