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fun sponge noun[ C ] informal(alsofunsponge)uk /ˈfʌn ˌspʌndʒ/ us /ˈfʌn ˌspʌndʒ/ someone who stops an experience being enjoyable, or who generally does not want people to enjoy themselves: 扫兴的人 Don't be a fun sponge.别扫兴。 I hate to be a total fun sponge, but I don't want you playing football on the new lawn.我不想扫大家兴,但是我不希望你们在新草坪上踢足球。 Some people are just fun sponges and don't know how to have a laugh. Mum wants me to get out of bed and starting doing my homework, the fun sponge. You'd have to be a massive funsponge not to give first prize to this guy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases People who are boring and old-fashioned bore buzzkill Colonel Blimp crashing bore dinosaur drip fogey grind has-been killjoy Luddite normcore nudnik spod spoilsport square stick-in-the-mud stuffed shirt uncharismatic yawn |