| 单词 | girl next door |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) girl next door d. (the) girl next door: a female perceived as familiar, pleasant, dependable, etc., esp. when viewed as a romantic partner; sometimes implying a lack of originality, excitement, or glamour; also attributive; cf. boy next door at boy n.1 and int. Phrases 5.In quot. 1925, typifying an average young woman of the time. ΚΠ 1925 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 15 Mar. 26/6 (heading) Girl next door pictured in story beginning tomorrow. 1929 Charleston (W. Virginia) Gaz. 23 Dec. 12/3 The life of a struggling song writer who finally achieves success through the interest of the girl ‘next door’. 1942 Hammond (Indiana) Times 4 Dec. 18/4 For the girl next door whose taste is as feminine as an old fashioned garden, we discovered a box filled with toilet water and dusting powder in an appropriately named fragrance. 1968 Times Educ. Suppl. 23 Feb. 602/2 Diana Quirk's Ophelia was very much the girl-next-door. 1981 J. Fonda Workout Bk. (1982) 15 The round-cheeked all-American girl-next-door look. 2002 Loaded July (Encycl. Eroticus Suppl.)18/1 Kylie. Has managed to morph from the cute girl next door to sex kitten extraordinaire. < as lemmas |
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