| 词组 | ponce |
| 释义 | ponce 1. noun 1 a pimp UK, 1872. 2 a despised or unpleasant person UK, 1953. 3 an effeminate male AUSTRALIA, 1971 2. verb 1 to obtain something by poncing, usually money UK, 1938. 2 to live on the earnings of another's prostitution; to act as a pimp (a prostitute's manager) UK, 1932. 3 to scrounge; to sponge. A general sense of acquiring something for nothing extended from the previous sense UK, 1915.► go out poncing(of the police) to search for pimps UK, 1996.► ponce off; ponce onto live on the earnings of another's prostitution, but not taking any active part in the trade UK, 1936 ponce about/around 1. ponce about/around BrE spoken to waste time doing silly things, instead of doing serious work: When are you two going to stop poncing around and do something useful?■ SIMILAR TO: mess around informal, muck about/around BrE informal2. ponce about/around BrE spoken informal if you say that a man is poncing about or around, you mean that the way he walks, dresses etc is more like a woman than a man - used to show disapproval: He wants to be a professional dancer. Can't you just imagine him poncing about in pink tights? ponce off ponce off sb • ponce sth off sb BrE old-fashioned informal to ask someone to give you money or something such as a cigarette, without offering to pay: I hadn't got any money, so I ponced some off Brian. I'm dying for a cigarette. Who can I ponce off?■ SIMILAR TO: scrounge, cadge |
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