| 单词 | matryoshka doll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmatryoshka doll More fully matryoshka doll. Any of a set of traditional Russian wooden dolls of differing sizes, each somewhat resembling a skittle in shape and designed to nest inside the next largest. Cf. Russian doll n. at Russian n. and adj. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > wooden doll Dutch doll1797 Russian doll1910 matryoshka1948 peg doll1950 kokeshi1959 1948 L. Gordon Pageant of Dolls ii. 80 Most typically Russian of all are the Matreshka, the nested dolls. 1964 Punch 16 Dec. p. xii Gifts at the Russian Shop..include..Matrioshka nested and swaying dolls. 1982 H. Kissinger Years of Upheaval vii. 281 What emerged was like a Russian matryoshka doll that has progressively smaller models nested each inside the other. 1990 Face June 107/3 Her clothes..often resemble either Russian wooden dolls (matrioshki) or astronauts' costumes. 1996 N. Gibbs et al. Mad Genius 81 The bomber had used three pipes of equal length and increasing diameter, fitted one within the other like Russian matryoshka dolls. < as lemmas |
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