| 单词 | bunny boiler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbunny boiler bunny boiler n. [with allusion to a scene in Adrian Lyne's U.S. film Fatal Attraction (1987), in which a character (played by Glenn Close) boils alive a pet rabbit belonging to her erstwhile lover's daughter] slang (depreciative) (chiefly British) a jealous or obsessive woman whose behaviour in pursuit of a former or intended partner is considered desperate or dangerous. ΚΠ 1990 Dallas Morning News 6 Dec. a2/3 There's nothing like portraying a psychopathic bunny-boiler to boost one's self-esteem, Glenn Close tells Ladies' Home Journal. 1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together iii. 79 Linda's a bunny boiler, a one-night dream who turned into a six-week nightmare. 2002 M. Beaumont Book, Film, T-shirt (2003) xxi. 252 Hey up, I thought, a bunny-boiler—either she's after an autograph or she wants to take Rebecca home and bury her under the floorboards. < as lemmas |
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