| 释义 |
‖ étourdi, a.|eturdi|
Also (fem.) étourdie.
[Fr.]
Thoughtless, irresponsible, flighty. Also as n., a thoughtless irresponsible person.
1688T. Brown Reasons of Mr. Bays 11 The first that I begin with shall be that etourdy bete, that humble admirer of Jest and Quibble, the Melancholy Clergyman. 1750Chesterfield Lett. 26 Apr. (1774) II. 3 All those French young fellows are excessively étourdis, be upon your guard against scrapes and quarrels. 1794in G. C. Paget One-Leg (1961) 45, I must begin this letter by owning that I am the greatest Etourdi that ever lived yet that I am always lucky enough to get well out of every Scrape. 1828C. H. Phipps English in France II. 347 Had she but the animal spirits to be étourdie, she would be so. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair vi. 45 ‘I beg a thousand pardons..,’ said the young étourdi, blushing. 1905Mrs. H. Ward Marriage W. Ashe ii. 29 What a little étourdie! How lacking in the reserves, the natural instincts and shrinkings of the well-bred English girl! |