yenta

英 ['jentə] 美 ['jɛntə]
  • n. 长舌妇;好管闲事的女人;搬弄是非的女人

英文词源


yenta (n.)
"gossip, busybody," 1923, from Yente Telebende, comic strip gossip in 1920s-30s writing of Yiddish newspaper humorist B. Kovner (pen-name of Jacob Adler) in the "Jewish Daily Forward." It was a common Yiddish fem. proper name, altered from Yentl and said to be ultimately from Italian gentile "kind, gentle," earlier "noble, high-born" (see gentle).

双语例句


1. She is well known as a yenta in this neighborhood.
她是这一带远近闻名的长舌妇.

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2. Thanks, but Harvard doesn't give a degree in yenta.
谢谢你的称赞, 但是哈佛不提供鸡婆学位.

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