1913, "stage assistant, actor who assists a comedian," of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of student (with the mispronunciation STOO-jent), in sense of "apprentice." Meaning "lackey, person used for another's purpose" first recorded 1937. The Three Stooges film slapstick act debuted in movies 1930, originally as "Ted Healy and His Stooges."
双语例句
1. He has vehemently rejected claims that he is a government stooge.
他言辞激烈地驳斥了称自己是政府的狗奴才的说法。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The charge that Harding was a political stooge may be a canard.
关于哈丁是个政治走狗的指控可能是个谣传。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The latter had for decades acted largely as a stooge for the party leaders.
后者几十年来大半时间都在为该党领导人当走狗。
来自柯林斯例句
4. " That's right! "'sling Chien Pao - sheng out and sling his stooge out with him!
