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单词 good-time
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good-timeadj.

Brit. /ˌɡʊdˈtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdˈˌtaɪm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., time n.
Etymology: < good adj. + time n., after to have a good time at good adj. 21c.
Of a person: having the pursuit of pleasure as one's chief aim; pleasure-seeking, esp. in a hedonistic way. Frequently in good-time girl (cf. party girl n. at party n. Compounds 5).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > pleasure-seeking > pleasure-seeker
pleasurista1682
pleasure-seeker1825
pleasurer1833
good-time girl1897
good-timer1902
good-time Charlie1925
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > seeking pleasure > recklessly
good-time1897
1897 Leavenworth (Kansas) Herald 20 Mar. 3/2 The young men..positively refuse to notice those girls who show signs of respectability whenever a Good Time Girl is in sight.
1928 Publishers' Weekly 9 June 2393 Gerry Harris was ‘a good time girl’, who sought men only as playmates.
1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair viii. 82 Bert deserved better out of life than a good-time wife.
1961 C. Conyn & J. C. Marten Bali Ballet Murder xxi. 220 He married an artist, not just a good-time hotty.
1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 34/1 A savvy showman and sloppily sophisticated good-time party boy.
2003 L. Hawking Jaded xv. 222 A formerly attractive, curvy good-time girl who had suffered the ravages of too many babies in too few years.

Compounds

good-time Charlie n. originally U.S. a man whose chief aim is the pursuit of sensual pleasures; a playboy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > pleasure-seeking > pleasure-seeker
pleasurista1682
pleasure-seeker1825
pleasurer1833
good-time girl1897
good-timer1902
good-time Charlie1925
1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 2 Feb. 13/6 (advt.) Eddie Buzzell..in ‘Good Time Charlie’ written by Eddie Cantor.]
1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 475/2 What is more, even the good-time Charlie New Yorker, the flashier type of New Yorker, isn't at bottom much different than his country-jake cousin.
1949 N. Algren Man with Golden Arm i. 115 Good-time Charlies with the usual whiskey glass.
1972 L. Reed Lisa Says (song) in Pass thru Fire (2000) 107 Hey, if you're looking for a good time Charlie Well, that's not really what I am You know, some good time Charlie, always out having his fun.
2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) i. 9 My father was gone before I was born. He was evidently a most captivating good-time Charlie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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