词汇 | wimp |
词源 | wimp. Weak, unmanly, indecisive men have been called wimps since the 1970s and the term is still frequently used. Al- though the Popeye cartoon character Wimpy (of hamburger fame) may have influenced the coinage, it more likely comes from whimper. |
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