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sissy

adjective
🔊/ˈsɪsi/
🔊/ˈsɪsi/
(British English also cissy)
(informal, disapproving)
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  1. (of a boy) thought to be weak or frightened or only interested in the sort of things girls like 柔弱（或怯懦）的男孩；女孩子气的男孩synonym wimpish

sissy

noun
🔊/ˈsɪsi/
🔊/ˈsɪsi/
(British English also cissy)
(plural sissies, British English also cissies)
(informal, disapproving)
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  1. a boy that other men or boys laugh at because they think he is weak or frightened, or only interested in the sort of things girls like柔弱（或怯懦）的男孩；女孩子气的男孩 synonym wimp
    • The other boys kept calling him a sissy and a wimp.其他的男孩不断叫他“娘娘腔”和“窝囊废”。
    Word Originmid 19th cent. (in the sense ‘sister’): from sis + -y.