| 单词 | dashing |
| 释义 | dashing (once / 729 pages) adj Someone who's dashing is stylish, with a certain bold, attractive spirit. Your dashing uncle might charm and impress your friends with his stories of travels around the world and his fashionable outfits. Characters in old books are frequently dashing — adventurous and gallant, like a dashing hero on a white horse or a dashing pirate seeking his fortune at sea. The adjective dashing is almost always used to describe men, and for that reason it's a bit old-fashioned. In the 18th and 19th centuries "to cut a dash" meant "to act brilliantly" or "to give a showy appearance," and dashing came from this meaning. WORD FAMILYdashing: dashingest, dashingly+/dash: dashed, dashes, dashing/dashed: dashedest USAGE EXAMPLESThat way, she said, “the story of the handsome, dashing caballero figure will continue to be relevant.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) No need to be that person dashing down the sidewalk in despair. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won’t be dashing downfield with his newly acquired hamstring injury. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1adj lively and spirited a dashing hero Syn gallant spirited displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness 2adj marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners Syn dapper, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce fashionable, stylish being or in accordance with current social fashions |
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