| 单词 | poster girl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasposter girl poster girl n. (a) a female appearing on a poster; a female pin-up; (b) a female regarded as the epitome or ideal of a specified phenomenon, movement, cause, etc.; frequently with for, of. ΚΠ 1896 Washington Post 4 May 6/5 The poster girls have scarlet eyes And yellow cheeks and purple hair, With brownish ears and greenish lips, In tints outre beyond compare. 1919 Times 1 Dec. 11/5 She talked to some of the girls near her, asking questions of their camp life, admired the attractive poster girls, and passed through all the rooms where the campers were at play or singing. 1985 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 16 July c12 Marcia Ramsay would be the perfect poster girl for coaches promoting high school track as a positive experience. 1996 Time 24 June 76/3 The 34-year-old host easily established herself as the poster girl of the campaign to clean up daytime talk. 2002 Glamour July 71/1 We live in an anything-goes era, surrounded by double-dare-you poster girls like Pamela Anderson, Madonna and the entire cast of Sex and the City. < as lemmas |
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