piggish
英 ['pɪgɪʃ]
美['pɪgɪʃ]
英文词源
- piggish (adj.)
- 1792, from pig (n.) + -ish. Until 20c. usually "stubborn, selfish; unclean, coarse;" association with greedy eating is more recent. Related: Piggishly; piggishness.
英英释意
- 1. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy;
- "piggish table manners"
- "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"
- "swinish slavering over food"
