单词 | poupée |
释义 | poupéen. 1. A mannequin used by a designer or retailer to display clothes or wigs; a fashion model. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > equipment > dummy poupée1748 dressmaker's dummy1864 tailor's dummy1889 tailor's block1896 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > equipment blockhead1549 barber's block1688 wig-blocka1745 poupée1804 1748 Lady Anson in A. Buck Dress in 18th Cent. Eng. (1979) ii. 34 The Poupée which is coming over dressed like Madame de Pompadour did not arrive time enough for me to be able to adjust my coiffure quite in the Taste it ought to have been in. 1786 Lounger No. 76. 302 I will take care to exhibit..a set of Poupées, which..will convey..a perfect idea of the reigning dress and undress of the fashionable world. 1804 European Mag. 45 25/2 I do not wish to have my head and face moulded to a poupee for the embellishment of his window. 1915 R. S. Bourne in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 358/11 Her own sober black was not affectation, but only her way of showing that she was more than a poupée. 2. A puppet, an automaton; a doll. Also: a doll-like woman or girl. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet poppin1440 mammet1461 puppet1538 poppet1551 motion1602 puppy1640 neurospast1642 marionettea1645 poupée1785 fantoccini1791 scaramouch1815 shadow figure1851 Judy puppet1897 shadow puppet1923 rod puppet1930 string puppet1937 1785 H. Mackenzie in Lounger No. 22. 87 She looked very narrowly at the Poupée's head-dress. 1893 Olean (N.Y.) Democrat 5 May Her hat was a shirred affair of blue satin and ribbons, and one thought involuntarily of the ‘veritable poupee’. 1966 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Feb. 4/2 Regard this jewel case..Sprung to emit our poupée on his cord. 1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 114 Stanley found himself walking off down the street with this magnificent glossy thing on his arm, this little painted poupée. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1748 |
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