释义 |
ˈdoll-ˌbaby U.S. [doll n.1 2.] = doll n.1 2 and 3; in quot. 1807, a small image of the human figure on which clothes are displayed. Also attrib.
1807Jefferson Writings (1898) IX. 83 The dresses of the annual doll-babies from Paris. 1853J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama 42 She never had more than a thimble⁓full of brains in her doll-baby head. Ibid. 292 The little girls..had been petted by their fathers and mothers like doll-babies. 1896Harper's Mag. XCII. 808/2, I keep on looking just the same frivolous doll-baby. 1965H. Gold Man who was not with It iv. 34 The doll-baby lashes fell shut. |