| 单词 | ladykilling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasladykilling ladykilling n. and adj. humorous (a) n. the action of charming and seducing women; (b) adj. that charms and seduces women. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > act of fascinating women ladykilling1795 the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > having a power of fascination over women ladykilling1795 1795 S. Chatterton Poems 66 Thus of each requisite possess'd That might alarm a female breast, He went a lady-killing. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 192 Ladykilling coterie. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow III. xvi. 251 ‘Pretty lady-killing,’ muttered the sergeant. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma i. 2 Nature had favoured Billy's pretensions in the lady-killing way. 1960 ‘Miss Read’ Fresh from Country (1962) v. 59 He was lazy, vain, and boastful, and his jejune attempts at lady-killing irritated Anna. 2007 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 4 May e1 A speed-metal indictment of a ladykilling creep who seduces women into his posh hot tub. < as lemmas |
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