英语词汇moffie; mophy的词组、短语、固定搭配翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	moffie; mophy
释义	moffie; mophy noun a homosexual male; a male transvestite SOUTH AFRICA, 1929 Deriving, probably, from “hermaphrodite”, but other etymological theories are interesting; mofrodite (a castrated Italian opera singer); Dutch mof (an article of clothing); English “mauve” (as a variant of lavender, a colour associated with homosexuality). The word “moffie” or “mophy” first appears in South African sea slang in 1929 as “a delicate, well-groomed young man”. There are rumours that Theo is a moffie, a queer, but he is not prepared to believe them. — J.M. Coetzee, Boyhood, p. 148, 1997 He worked in the hotel in Vanderbijlpark as a chef. Moffies often stayed there. — Bart Luirink (translated by Loes Nas), Moffies, p. 13, 2000
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