单词 | Walter Mitty |
释义 | ▪ I. Walter Mitty see Mitty2. ▪ II. Walter Mitty, n. Brit. |ˌwɔːltə ˈmɪti|, |ˌwɒltə ˈmɪti|, U.S. |ˌwɔltər ˈmɪdi|, |ˌwɑltər ˈmɪdi| [‹ the name of Walter Mitty (see Mitty n.2). Compare slightly later Mitty n.2] = Mitty n.2
1947Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 19 Sept. 4/2 Every writer is his own Walter Mitty. 1968S. Brittan Left or Right v. 106 The whole Walter Mitty idea of a private line from Downing Street to the White House. 1991U.S. News & World Rep. 27 May 20/2 Henry Kissinger has the same Walter Mitty fantasies as everyone else. 2001J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) vii. 130 After hearing a session of the tall tales..I sometimes set the nose of my pickup truck almost grimly on the homeward track up to my empty house, calling Jayjay a pinchbeck Munchausen or Walter Mitty under my breath. |

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