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单词 schlepper
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Definition of schlepper in English:

schlepper

nounˈʃlɛpəˈʃlɛpər
North American informal
  • An inept or stupid person.

    笨拙的人;傻瓜

    poor John was a schlepper of the first order
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whatever trendy way is devised for us to lug around our overloaded daily must-haves, the backpack lives as the staple schlepper for kids.
    • He brushed the suggestion aside, saying, ‘Nonsense, I'm just a cartoon schlepper.’
    • He then could exit as a statesman rather than a ‘small-town schlepper,’ the term that the former commissioner once used to describe him.
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

Origin

1930s: Yiddish, from shlepn (see schlep).

Definition of schlepper in US English:

schlepper

(also shlepper)
nounˈʃlɛpərˈSHlepər
North American informal
  • An inept or stupid person.

    笨拙的人;傻瓜

    poor John was a schlepper of the first order
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He then could exit as a statesman rather than a ‘small-town schlepper,’ the term that the former commissioner once used to describe him.
    • Whatever trendy way is devised for us to lug around our overloaded daily must-haves, the backpack lives as the staple schlepper for kids.
    • He brushed the suggestion aside, saying, ‘Nonsense, I'm just a cartoon schlepper.’
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

Origin

1930s: Yiddish, from shlepn (see schlep).

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