| 单词 | boyish |
| 释义 | boyish (bɔɪɪʃ ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a man as boyish, you mean that he is like a boy in his appearance or behaviour, and you find this characteristic quite attractive. [approval] She was relieved to see his face light up with a boyish grin. He loves to learn, and has a boyish enthusiasm for life. Synonyms: youthful, young, innocent, adolescent boyishly adverb John grinned boyishly. 2. adjective If you describe a girl or woman as boyish, you mean that she looks like a boy, for example because she has short hair or small breasts. ...her tall, boyish figure. Collocations: boyish charm But will his voice and boyish charm be too cringeworthy for the rest of the judges? The Sun (2009) He no longer relies on his boyish charm and smile to win us over. Times, Sunday Times (2006) His face in repose possessed a boyish charm that disarmed her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE I found his boyish enthusiasm, his lack of scepticism or experience of power deeply irritating. Times, Sunday Times His years are belied by his boyish enthusiasm, intense blue-eyed gaze and perpetual animation. Times, Sunday Times Energetic and imbued with a boyish enthusiasm, he was a benevolent if demanding boss whose success was built on a hands-on style. Times,Sunday Times With an infectious grin and boyish enthusiasm, he was left-leaning politically. Times, Sunday Times He has a boyish enthusiasm for his meteoric trajectory. Times, Sunday Times Some say it was a play on his unusual surname; others say it referred to his boyish face. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He has a questioning mind and an alert, boyish face. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The vigour is evident again now, along with the humour in that still boyish face. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He seemed to feel it physically, whether with a boyish grin or head in hands. Times, Sunday Times The perpetrators have scored an own goal 'totally, absolutely and without a shadow of a doubt', he says with a boyish grin. Times, Sunday Times Then there's the voice: deep but soft, a distinctive purr from the back of his throat, emitted through gleaming teeth that are never far away from a boyish grin. Times, Sunday Times The boyish grin, frequently deployed. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly there was the hint of a bald patch then before long that boyish grin was topped off with the wispy horseshoe of deep mid-life shame. The Sun His shy, boyish smile beamed out in restaurant windows and, expanded monstrously large, from vast billboards in shopping centres. Times, Sunday Times The boyish smile that spreads across his face reminds me that he's still living out his very own fantasy. Times, Sunday Times But underneath the boyish smile and the softly-spoken words, the tone was unmistakably steely. The Sun He clocks my amazed face and — pleased — breaks the spell by throwing on a big, goofy, boyish smile. Times, Sunday Times His boyish smile and gentle humour have even charmed many of his political opponents. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 男孩子气的 Japanese: 少年のような |
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