Cách phát âm (4)
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/ˈkɒd͡ʒə/
Ghi chú phát âm
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈkɑd͡ʒəɹ/
Ghi chú phát âm
- General-American
- Ireland
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ˈkɒdʒə
Ghi chú phát âm
- GB
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ˈkɑdʒɚ
Ghi chú phát âm
- US
Danh từ
An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
Cách dùng- không trang trọng
- Ví dụ
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‘I haven’t been drinking your health, my codger,’ replied Mr. Squeers; ‘so you have nothing to do with that.’
Now I was a forsaken codger snuffling disgracefully from a beautiful floozy's abuse.
Thêm ví dụ (1)
Jed, darling. The old codgers need to talk. Andrew's going to buy you a drink in that beautiful bar up on the terrace.
Danh từ
used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
- Từ đồng nghĩa
- Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn