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单词 Humpty Dumpty
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Definition of Humpty Dumpty in English:

Humpty Dumpty

nounPlural Humpty Dumpties, Plural humpty dumptieshʌm(p)tɪˈdʌm(p)tiˌhəmpti ˈdəmpti
informal
  • 1A short fat person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is an extraordinary humpty-dumpty figure with an enormous head and stomach set upon tiny legs, supported by a shepherd's crook.
  • 2A person or thing that once overthrown cannot be restored.

    regimes toppled like so many humpty-dumpties

Origin

Late 18th century: from the egg-like nursery-rhyme character who fell off a wall, broke, and could not be put together again.

Definition of Humpty Dumpty in US English:

Humpty Dumpty

(also humpty dumpty)
nounˌhəmptē ˈdəmptēˌhəmpti ˈdəmpti
informal
  • 1A fat, rotund person.

    as modifier he was a Humpty Dumpty figure of a man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is an extraordinary humpty-dumpty figure with an enormous head and stomach set upon tiny legs, supported by a shepherd's crook.
  • 2A person or thing that once overthrown cannot be restored.

Origin

Late 18th century: from the egg-shaped nursery rhyme character who fell off a wall, broke, and could not be put together again.

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