单词 | public-schoolboyish |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic-ˈschoolboyish public-ˈschoolboyish adj. [after schoolboyish adj.] characteristic or suggestive of a public school boy. ΚΠ 1941 W. Lewis Vulgar Streak xv. 135 They were all silent, cowed by..the Public Schoolboyish delivery—by the command of master-class accent displayed. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 5 Aug. 6 He looks a couple of stone thinner,..but the effect..—the mop of hair as public-schoolboyish as ever—can, at moments, seem one of spectral rejuvenation. < as lemmas |
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