cobbler
/ˈkɒblə(r)/noun
1
- a person who mends shoes as a job修鞋匠, 补鞋匠。
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- mass noun an iced drink made with wine or sherry, sugar, and lemon（用葡萄酒或雪利酒加糖和柠檬制成的）酒味冷饮。
3
- chiefly US a fruit pie with a rich, thick, cake-like crust〈主美〉（外皮又油又厚, 像蛋糕一样的）脆皮水果馅饼。
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cobblers
Brit. informal a man's testicles〈英, 非正式〉（男子的）睾丸。- ORIGIN: from rhyming slang cobbler's awls 'balls'.
4.1
- nonsense胡说; 废话：
I thought it was a load of cobblers.
我想那只是一大堆废话。
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- Austral./NZ informal the last sheep to be shorn〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉最后一只待剪毛的羊。
- ORIGIN: late 19th cent.: pun in allusion to the cobbler's last.
短语
let the cobbler stick to his last
- proverb people should only concern themselves with things they know something about〈谚〉管好自己懂得的事; 不懂的事别插手。
- ORIGIN: translating Latin ne sutor ultra crepidam.
词源
Middle English: of unknown origin.