| 释义 |
bad girl, n.
Brit. |ˈbad gəːl|, U.S. |ˈbæd ˌgərl|
[‹ bad adj. + girl n., with (humorous) allusion to the noun phrase bad girl in the general sense ‘ill-behaved female child’ (see e.g. quot. 1856 bad adj. 7). Compare bad boy n.]
colloq. (orig. U.S.). A woman who defies expected or approved standards of conduct, esp. one who behaves in a wild, rebellious, or sexually provocative manner.
1855Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 14 Feb. 1/1 The suspected ‘bad girl’ went before Mayor Morrison. 1939Time 18 Dec. 76/3 When Bad Girl Dietrich slips some gold coins into her bosom, says Allen Jenkins: ‘Thar's gold in them thar hills.’ 1974J. Hersey in New Yorker 16 Dec. 68 Something wild has its lair in Rachel's head, just behind her eyes; she has a way of throwing her head back and barking out a bad girl's laugh, her fierce eyes scouting around the room. 2003T. Hadley Everything will be All Right (2004) v. 176 The..bad girls who were glamorous and dangerous, with heavily made-up faces and short skirts and shirts stretched to bursting. |