| 单词 | tart with a heart |
| 释义 | > as lemmastart with a heart tart with a heart n. (also tart with a heart of gold and variants) a (type of) woman (frequently a prostitute) portrayed or characterized as apparently disreputable or unprincipled but intrinsically good-hearted, sensitive, or compassionate, esp. viewed as a stock or clichéd dramatic character. ΚΠ 1961 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 8 Sept. 16/2 The ‘Never on Sunday’ tart with a heart as she has been called in the movie—Melinda Mercouri—made this film in 1955, toward the beginning of her career. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Oct. b6 Instead of well-heeled insiders, Wilson's characters are seedy outsiders, dominated by the old tart-with-the-heart-of-gold theme. 1989 K. Newman Night Mayor (1990) (BNC) 68 Here's another recurrent characterisation... The tart with a heart. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 16 July (Guide Suppl.) 71 And while Elizabeth Shue as the hooker sharing his final binge is at times dangerously close to being the tart with a heart, she avoids being overshadowed by Cage's performance. < as lemmas |
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