whipper-snapper
['hwipə,snæpə]
- n. 傲慢、妄自尊大者；狂妄的青年人；不重要的人
英文词源
- whipper-snapper (n.)
- also whippersnapper, 1670s, apparently a "jingling extension" [OED] of *whip-snapper "a cracker of whips," or perhaps an alteration of snipper-snapper (1580s). Compare also late 16c. whipperginnie, a term of abuse for a woman.