| 释义 |
deb orig. U.S.|dɛb|
Also debby.
Colloq. abbrev. of débutante; hence debs' (or deb's, debbies') delight, an eligible or attractive young man in high society. Also attrib. or as adj.
1920F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise ii. ii. 227 Dancing with mid-Western or New Jersey debbies. 1922Joyce Ulysses 437 Josie Powell that was, prettiest deb in Dublin. 1926Ladies' Home Jrnl. July 26 One of my deb cousins makes a transcendent cocktail. 1927Sunday Express 10 July 10 It appears that her comments on society have roused the ire of the great army of debutantes... How the angry ‘debs’ propose to deal with their victim..I cannot imagine. 1928Sunday Dispatch 9 Dec. 11/2 The impossibility of parents doing any of the old kind of chaperonage in the hours kept by the present day (or night) ‘debbies’ during their present season. 1934J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra v. 135 Joe Montgomery could be classified under many headings... Well-dressed man. Debbies' delight. Roué. 1940M. Dickens Mariana vii. 217 She presents her at Court, drags her to all the deb. dances. 1948N. Marsh Death in White Tie iii. 33 Lord Robert half suspected his nephew Donald of being a Debs' Delight. 1958Oxf. Mail 1 July 6/6 His girl is a dim creation and Pauline Arden makes her unnecessarily ‘debby’. 1958Daily Mail 4 July 10/4 She danced with ― at a debby night spot clad in little more than a nylon nightie. 1966J. Betjeman High & Low 56 The debs may turn disdainful backs On Pearl's uncouth mechanic slacks. 1970Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 16 Somewhat debby (though none was in fact a deb), the girls must also be ready to display their social graces at Council cocktail parties. |