| 单词 | to look as if one came out of a bandbox |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look as if one came out of a bandbox b. to look as if one came out of a bandbox (and similar phrases): to look extremely smart and neat. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > have pleasing appearance [verb (intransitive)] > look neat or trim to look as if one came out of a bandbox1825 1825 S. Woodworth Forest Rose i. i He is a genteel, delightful looking fellow, neat as a starched tucker fresh from a banbox [sic]. 1833 Knickerbocker 1 198 The old gentleman..popped into the room, looking as if he had stepped out of a bandbox. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxxviii. 410 They are all..exceedingly neat and cleanly..as if they were just out of a band-box. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. vii. 94 Starlight..looked as if he'd just come out of a band-box. 1941 M. Marlett Death has Thousand Doors (1950) iv. 32 She invariably looked as though she had stepped out of the proverbial bandbox. < as lemmas |
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