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单词 barbie
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Barbien.1

Brit. /ˈbɑːbi/, U.S. /ˈbɑrbi/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Barbie.
Etymology: < Barbie, pet form of the female forename Barbara (compare -y suffix6).
Originally and chiefly U.S.
1. A proprietary name for: a (type of) plastic doll in the form of a slim, shapely, young blonde-haired woman.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > other dolls
aglet babya1616
Flanders baby1782
wax doll1786
Flanders doll1801
paper doll1843
golliwog1895
Jumeau1897
voodoo doll1906
kewpie1909
Barbie1959
Barbie doll1961
Gonk1964
Ookpik1964
Action Man1966
kachina doll1968
1959 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 Sept. tm103/2 Barbie. For doll. First use May 9, 1958.
1971 College Eng. 32 921/2 When the time comes that little girls will really grow up to be doctors, then she will manufacture Barbie doctor kits, in addition to Barbie boyfriends and Barbie fashion shows.
1989 R. Barr Roseanne (1990) i. iv. 33 When we played Barbies, I said why do we always have to play like she's getting ready for a wedding.
2000 P. Moore Full Montezuma (2001) xvi. 268 The targets were on top of dioramas where Barbies and Kens were dressed as mariachi singers.
2. A woman who is likened to a Barbie doll, esp. in being pretty or shapely but passive, characterless, or unintelligent.
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1970 T. Southern Blue Movie iv. xxv. 270 She smirked self-consciously and gave him a playful elbow jab to the ribs. ‘You silly-billy,’ she chided in her anomalous ‘Barbie’ manner.
1987 A. Maupin Significant Others ii. 16 She was sick of the sound of her own voice and sicker still of the Ken-and-Barbie anchoroids who habitually asked her the same four questions.
1994 New Yorker 19 Sept. 16/2 One memorable number..features..the female half of the troupe as a bevy of pink-poodle-skirted Barbies.
2002 Premiere Apr. 86/1 She was going to reinvent the female action hero into one who wasn't just another Barbie with karate lessons.

Compounds

Barbie doll n. (a) = sense 1; (b) = sense 2.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > other dolls
aglet babya1616
Flanders baby1782
wax doll1786
Flanders doll1801
paper doll1843
golliwog1895
Jumeau1897
voodoo doll1906
kewpie1909
Barbie1959
Barbie doll1961
Gonk1964
Ookpik1964
Action Man1966
kachina doll1968
1961 N.Y. Times 18 June 64 (advt.) Travel cases ideal for little girls' trips to dancing school, overnight visits or to bring Barbie Doll and her wardrobe along.
1966 J. D. MacDonald Darker Than Amber (1970) xi. 148 She was all erotic innocence... She made me think of a Barbie Doll.
1973 Time 26 Nov. 79/1 The current Gigi, Karin Wolfe, is a Barbie doll who has been programmed to sing, dance, and fall in love with a chilling absence of presence.
1978 Chicago June 88/1 When the film begins, she is a Barbie doll (straight hair, make-up, maddeningly neat dress), a proper compliant, and dependent Marine officer's wife.
1999 E. Friedman Then Again 37 It was garnished with a naked Barbie doll—her head and upper body immersed in the goo, her shapely, oatmeal-crowned legs sticking straight up.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

barbien.2

Brit. /ˈbɑːbi/, U.S. /ˈbɑrbi/, Australian English /ˈbʌːbi/
Forms: 1900s– barbie, 1900s– barby.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: barbecue n.
Etymology: Shortened < barbecue n. (compare -y suffix6).
colloquial (originally Australian).
= barbecue n. 1, 4.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [noun] > barbecue
barbecue1733
poke-out1874
wiener roast1907
cook-up1911
bar-b-q1926
BBQ1938
braaivleis1939
cookout1941
churrasco1949
braai1959
barbie1976
1976 Australian 14 Aug. (Canberra ed.) 20/4 He propounded the natural and national virtues of the Aussie beach barbie with beer and prawns.
1977 K. McArthur Bread & Dripping Days 14 You have to work out..where to build the barbie if it's buildable, where to port it if it's portable.
1988 N.Y. Mag. 21 Mar. 26/3 Paul Hogan made ‘G'day mate’ and ‘Put another shrimp on the barbie’ part of the American vernacular.
1993 Mother & Baby Feb. 56/2 We grown-ups were free to get the barbie sizzling or relax on the doorstep with a well-deserved drink.
2001 Sun (Nexis) 16 Aug. On the Saturday night, we got wiped at Beefy's barby. The star all-rounder laid on a heck of a party.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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