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单词 woolly-minded
释义

woolly-minded

English

Alternative forms

  • wooly-minded

Adjective

woolly-minded (comparative more woolly-minded, superlative most woolly-minded)

  1. (possibly offensive) Alternative form of woolly-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.
    • 2000, John C. Culver, John Hyde, American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace, W. W. Norton & Co., →ISBN, LCCN 99-046444, OCLC 48059998, OL 46868M, page 336:
      The British wanted to throttle him. The very idea of a woolly-minded American standing on Asian soil denouncing imperialism inspired rage at the British Foreign Office. To the astonishment of the British, he did it not once but twice. At a banquet speech in Chungking, Wallace said, "In Asia there are political and racial entities now in a state of colonial dependency, whose aspirations to self-government should receive prompt and positive attention after victory." A joint communique issued by Wallace and Chiang Kai-shek expressed the same sentiment.
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