单词 | a doll's face |
释义 | > as lemmasa doll's face 3. transferred. A pretty, but unintelligent or empty person, esp. when dressed up; a pretty, but silly or frivolous woman. Also in more general sense: a woman; a girl; esp. a very beautiful or attractive woman; also occasionally, a pleasant or attractive man. a doll's face, one conventionally pretty, but without life or expression. Now slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > prettiness > specifically of woman > pretty girl or woman primerolea1350 jolyvet1413 prim1509 nicebeceturc1520 bit of stuff?1553 nicebice1595 dabchick1612 rosebud1668 doll1778 living doll1785 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 a bit (also piece) of all right1895 bit of fluff1903 dolly1906 baby doll1908 cutiea1911 cutie-pie1920 kewpie1946 tchotchke1968 tchotchkeleh1985 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxiii. 197 As to the women, why they are mere dolls. 1841 R. W. Emerson Self-reliance in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 76 A sturdy lad..is worth a hundred of these city dolls. 1846 New Swell's Night Guide 29 in E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. Soldiers and their Dolls. 1860 All Year Round 17 Mar. 497 No worker cares to espouse a doll who costs such a deal of money to dress. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) II. 496/1 If it's a lady and gentleman, then we cries, ‘A toff and a doll!’ 1894 S. Baring-Gould Queen of Love III. 145 You care for herself—for her doll's face and wig of yellow hair? 1903 R. L. McCardell Conversat. Chorus Girl 53 At Vassar..a bunch of society dolls..are teaching me high kicking. 1923 G. McKnight Eng. Words iv. 61 In the vocabulary of modern youth, chivalry is dead... A girl is..a chicken, a doll, [etc.]. 1931 D. Runyon (title) Guys and dolls. 1961 ‘B. Wells’ Day Earth caught Fire ix. 133 I don't dig you, doll. Look we're all entitled to so much water. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) He is tall, handsome, and muscular. In short, he's a doll. E. Merman. 1967 I. Marder Paris Bit iii. 47 He came up to me..and shook hands warmly... ‘Max, doll! How are you?’ 1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 139/1 You don't have to do it, doll. < as lemmas |
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