twerp
A fool, a twitA fool, a twit.
» What a stupid little twerp.
Was für ein dummer kleiner Blödmann.
Ну що за дурноватий малолітній покидьок.
Значение
значений: 3(Британия, разговорное)A fool, a twit.
Now you've broken it, you twerp!
дура́кdurák, тупи́цаtupíca
(США, childish, разговорное)A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
Get out of my way, you little twerp!
ничто́жествоničtóžestvo
someone who is regarded as contemptible
(США, childish, разговорное)A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
простофи́ляprostofílja
Примеры
предложений: 1What a stupid little twerp.
ukНу що за дурноватий малолітній покидьок. — deniko
deWas für ein dummer kleiner Blödmann. — wolfgangth
Переводы
языков: 2Происхождение
Of uncertain origin; originally British slang of the 1910s. In a letter, dated 6 October 1Of uncertain origin; originally British slang of the 1910s. In a letter, dated 6 October 1944, J. R. R. Tolkien mentions a contemporary of his at Oxford University T.W. Earp, calling him "the original twerp"; but no corroborating evidence for this etymology has come to light. Other suggestions include: a clipping of Antwerp (“type of racing pigeon that flew between Antwerp and London”); the onomatopoeic twirp (“imitation of the sound of a bird”); a dialectal variant of dwarf (compare Middle English dwerf); Welsh twp (“a fool”).
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