单词 | dreamboat |
释义 | dreamboatn. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. A sexually attractive person, (now) esp. a man. Also occasionally: a person who is exceptionally kind, generous, etc. Cf. dream n.2 5. Now somewhat dated, or humorous. In quot. 1941 as a nickname. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive person > man Prince Charming1855 Valentino1930 dreamboat1941 smasher1948 hunk1966 babe1973 oppa2009 1941 Paris (Texas) News 14 Sept. 12/2 Wonder why co-workers..have nicknamed Charles Boyer ‘Dream Boat’? 1944 Daily Times–News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 7 Mar. 4/3 Constance Moore, the dreamboat, floating down 5th Avenue. 1946 Liberty 15 June 35/2 She grinned to herself just to think of the expression on his dream-boat face. 1951 T. Rattigan Who is Sylvia? ii. 245 I thought you'd be quite old and staid and ordinary and, my God, look at you, a positive dream boat. 1960 Woman's Own 10 Sept. 63/2 You've been a dreamboat, and so has Robin. 1992 N. Cohn Heart of World xii. 164 This gave him the pampered, slightly babyfat look of a fifties' rock and roll star, a bobbysoxer's dreamboat. 2001 Empire Dec. 93/1 Mum, who'd always predicted Billy Bob would one day star alongside her favourite moustached dreamboat, was proved right. 2. A very luxurious or stylish car. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1949 J. H. Burns Lucifer with Bk. iii. 187 Each tenderly described his Dreamboat: its whitewalled tires, its motor, its accouterments [sic]. 1957 Life 29 Apr. 137/1 (caption) A dream boat for hot-rodders is a chromed roadster like this one. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic i. 14 The bulgy chrome excrescences on dreamboat Cadillacs, triumphs of American engineering. 1999 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 5 Aug. 36 While the old Almera was no dreamboat it was at least a functional design. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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