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单词 babe
释义
babebabe /beɪb/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbabe
Origin:
1300-1400 Probably from the sounds made by a baby
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Brad's a total babe.
  • Hey, babe, how are you?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And I really dig those cute babes looking on!
  • Except for meeting you, babe, of course.
  • Jack could not have looked more out of place if he'd been a Baywatch babe in a nunnery.
  • Rex is sleeping like a babe.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot knowing very much about life, people, and the world
· She's too young and inexperienced to go abroad on her own.· I'm not going to take orders from some foolish inexperienced young man.
having very little experience of the world, especially because you are young so that you do not realize that some people might want to cause others harm: · He's so innocent that anyone can take advantage of him.· Don't get her mixed up in your plan - she's just an innocent girl.
having little experience of life, so that you believe that life is simple and are too ready to trust people: · I was so naive - I believed everything the military told me.· He held onto the naive belief that Marxism would solve all the world's problems.
having little knowledge or experience of clever, fashionable things, and showing this by the way you talk and behave: · When she arrived in the city, she was just an unsophisticated country girl.· I felt very ignorant and unsophisticated when I was with my brother and his university friends.
having very little experience of an activity or job: · Even when I was 21 I was so green, I had no idea that my best friend was on drugs.· Pike was a grizzled combat veteran in charge of fifteen green recruits.
someone who does not have much experience, and can easily be deceived: · Stop worrying about Lucia - she's no babe in the woods anymore.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=one that has to be carried)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
informal (=a man who is attractive to women)
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Stop worrying about Lucia - she's no babe in the woods anymore.
1literary a babybabe in arms (=one that has to be carried)2 spoken informal a word for an attractive young woman3 spoken informal not polite a way of speaking to a young woman, often considered offensive4 spoken a way of speaking to someone you love, especially your wife or husband5babe in the woods American English someone who can be easily deceived:  He was like a babe in the woods when he first came to New York.
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