| 释义 |
chorine orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈkɔəriːn|
[f. chorus n. + -ine3 or -ine4.]
A chorus-girl.
1922Moving Pict. Stories 28 July 26/1 Pearls continue to be popular, especially with soubrettes and even chorines. 1927in Amer. Speech (1928) III. 368 The chorines of a cabaret. 1938Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 91/3 They [sc. short stories] depict..the philosophy of a ‘chorine’. 1948John o' London's 10 Dec. 597/2 The ‘Set of Twelve Pretty Girls’ [cigarette cards] disappeared, fat chorines gave way to ‘Life on Board a Man-o'-War’. 1958Times 2 Dec. 14/3 The big setpieces are more elaborate than anything since Busby Berkeley last piled hundreds of Hollywood chorines on a 50 ft. birthday cake. 1969New Yorker 14 June 4/1 A dancer..is befriended by a chorine named Joan. |