英语词汇“miss universe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. Preceding the name of a country, organization, group, etc.: a title of a young woman representing this country, organization, or group; spec. the title of a young woman chosen as the winner of a beauty contest, as Miss Universe, Miss World, etc. Also in extended use.

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1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xiii. 81 When Miss America takes me out and talks to me about him.

1914 W. A. Mackay Trench & Trail (1918) 97 But Miss Canada is frigid And Columbia [sc. U.S.A.] is cold, So in presence of the couple There's an iciness untold.

1922 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. 19/6 Miss Margaret Gorman of Washington, winner of the 1921 contest, will be known as ‘Miss America’.

1931 N.Y. Herald Tribune 23 Oct. 17/2 The radio experts are at a loss to know whether..to put the Mammy sequences in as a comic relief (or at least as a relief) during the next ‘Miss Universe’ contest.

1953 S. Spewack Under Sycamore Tree ii. i. 35 Attention, everybody. We now bring you the results of the beauty contest..to pick Miss Human Ant of nineteen fifty-three.

1972 G. Bromley In Absence of Body iii. 27 Poised at a desk on a low dais—as though she might have been Miss Great Britain..was a ravishing receptionist.

1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 1583/1 In 1959 she reached the pinnacle of the beauty contest world, winning the Miss America Pageant.

2010 D. L. Rhode Beauty Bias iii. 56 One and a half billion viewers were tuning into the Miss World competition.

单词	miss universe
释义	> as lemmas Miss Universe e. Preceding the name of a country, organization, group, etc.: a title of a young woman representing this country, organization, or group; spec. the title of a young woman chosen as the winner of a beauty contest, as Miss Universe, Miss World, etc. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xiii. 81 When Miss America takes me out and talks to me about him. 1914 W. A. Mackay Trench & Trail (1918) 97 But Miss Canada is frigid And Columbia [sc. U.S.A.] is cold, So in presence of the couple There's an iciness untold. 1922 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. 19/6 Miss Margaret Gorman of Washington, winner of the 1921 contest, will be known as ‘Miss America’. 1931 N.Y. Herald Tribune 23 Oct. 17/2 The radio experts are at a loss to know whether..to put the Mammy sequences in as a comic relief (or at least as a relief) during the next ‘Miss Universe’ contest. 1953 S. Spewack Under Sycamore Tree ii. i. 35 Attention, everybody. We now bring you the results of the beauty contest..to pick Miss Human Ant of nineteen fifty-three. 1972 G. Bromley In Absence of Body iii. 27 Poised at a desk on a low dais—as though she might have been Miss Great Britain..was a ravishing receptionist. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 1583/1 In 1959 she reached the pinnacle of the beauty contest world, winning the Miss America Pageant. 2010 D. L. Rhode Beauty Bias iii. 56 One and a half billion viewers were tuning into the Miss World competition. extracted from missn.² < as lemmas
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