| 单词 | poster boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasposter boy poster boy n. (a) a male appearing on a poster; a male pin-up; (b) a male regarded as the epitome or ideal of a specified phenomenon, movement, cause, etc.; frequently with for, of. ΚΠ 1946 N.Y. Times 14 Jan. 21/6 The 1946 March of Dimes ‘poster boy’, 6-year-old Donald Anderson..arrived here yesterday..to spur the infantile paralysis drive. 1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 13 Mar. 58 And Shaun has ascended to superstardom as America's No. 1 poster boy by selling 5 million copies of his four pinups. 1985 Washington Post 10 Oct. b1/1 Fittingly, the eight-out save went to 230-pound Niedenfuer, who could be the poster boy for Love Handles and is affectionately known as Buffalo Head. 1996 B. Helgeland & C. Hanson L.A. Confid. (film transcript) (Buff Revised Pages) 8 a (stage direct.) Exley is an up-and-comer. A police department poster boy. Burning with ambition. 2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 17/2 The poster boy of international terrorism. < as lemmas |
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