单词 | russian doll |
释义 | > as lemmasRussian doll Russian doll n. (any of) a set of hollow wooden dolls, the smallest of which fits inside the next smallest, and so up to the largest; also figurative. Cf. matryoshka n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > wooden doll Dutch doll1797 Russian doll1910 matryoshka1948 peg doll1950 kokeshi1959 1910 Pop. Mech. Dec. 775/1 The Russian doll can be had with as many as 23 separate figures, ranging in size from 10 in. to ¼ in., and each making one complete doll. 1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. ii. 135 Those Russian wooden dolls which will unscrew, and have then got another doll inside them, and another inside that. 2004 High Country News 10 May 7/2 And instead of a list of solutions, Varmints leaves viewers with a Russian doll full of questions. < as lemmas |
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