| 单词 | boy-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboy-man boy-man n. a boy who behaves or is treated like an adult; (also) a full-grown man who retains some of the characteristics of boyhood. ΚΠ 1616 T. Dekker Artillery Garden sig. C2 Yet all are loosers, and Victorious All, Euery Boy-man in this Infantery. 1763 J. Elphinston Education i. 5 The boy-man pities other boys at college! 1828 C. Lamb Char. Late Elia in Elia 2nd Ser. 228 He was too much of the boy-man. 1952 J. M. Brown As They Appear 33 Although he had more than the average male's courage, he remained something of a boy-man until he died at the age of forty-four. 2005 Hotdog June 108/1 He played..a boy-man who could not be counted on for anything—except, perhaps, to make the right expressions of love and honesty when they were most needed. < as lemmas |
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