| 单词 | golden boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgolden boy 10. Of a person or people: regarded as especially fortunate, gifted, attractive, or accomplished; (now) esp. considered to be the most successful, popular, or celebrated person in a particular field or context. Frequently in golden boy, golden couple, golden girl. Cf. golden generation n. at Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > and popular golden boy1658 golden girl1832 It girl1927 It boy1929 golden couple2015 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 2214 Golden Lads, and Girles all must, As Chimney-Sweepers come to dust. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) ii. xvi. 1078 He should be called the Golden boy of fortune, and the darling of prosperity. 1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller iii. 61 Say my Boy, my golden Boy of Fortune, did I not play my Part well? 1832 B. Cornwall Golden Girl in Spectator 25 Aug. 809/2 Lucy is a golden girl, But a man should woo her; they who seek her, shrink aback, When they should like storms, pursue her. 1885 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 11 May 3/2 Foster is a Golden boy, with few superiors anywhere in his line. 1964 ‘J. Welcome’ Hard to Handle viii. 91 Poor dear Richard... What a change from being the golden boy of English racing. 1973 Negro Amer. Lit. Forum 7 41/2 She parades before her peers, enjoying the role of the ‘golden child’. 2015 K. Meader Playing with Fire 40 She had thought they were the golden couple... A match made in the pages of a glossy lifestyle magazine. < as lemmas |
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