英语词汇“girl about town”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. colloquial. girl about († the) town: †(a) a prostitute (obsolete); (b) (now usually with hyphens) a female who is constantly seen at fashionable social occasions, a socialite; (more generally) a female with a modern or sophisticated outlook and lifestyle; also attributive; cf. town n. Phrases 5.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > female

fine lady1577

girl about ( the) towna1701

élégante1797

lionne1846

flâneuse1879

mondaine1888

mundane1897

nymph1898

Sloane Ranger1975

bright young thing2016

a1701 C. Sedley Misc. Wks. (1702) 143 Cloris, the prettyest Girl about the Town, Askt fifty Guinea's, for her Maidenhead.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 187. ⁋2 I know not whether you have ever heard of the famous girl about Town called Kitty: This Creature..was my Mistress.

1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 29 Nov. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 144 Miss Jenny Hamilton, a pretty girl about town.

1862 Times 10 Jan. 8/2 [He] strikes up acquaintance with Marta Marietta, an unfortunate girl about town, and induces her to receive him in her private apartments.

1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death ix. 155 Lucilla had dropped her distinguished-widow pose..and resumed the girl-about-town manner.

1963 D. Stanford M. Spark: Biogr. & Crit. Stud. 20 All in one moment I seemed to see the smart girl-about-town, the wondering unsure child, and the dedicated poet.

2001 Sugar Feb. 100/1 Every girl-about-town knows that accessories are the best way to funk up any outfit.

单词	girl about town
释义	> as lemmas girl about († the) town a. colloquial. girl about († the) town: †(a) a prostitute (obsolete); (b) (now usually with hyphens) a female who is constantly seen at fashionable social occasions, a socialite; (more generally) a female with a modern or sophisticated outlook and lifestyle; also attributive; cf. town n. Phrases 5. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > female fine lady1577 girl about ( the) towna1701 élégante1797 lionne1846 flâneuse1879 mondaine1888 mundane1897 nymph1898 Sloane Ranger1975 bright young thing2016 a1701 C. Sedley Misc. Wks. (1702) 143 Cloris, the prettyest Girl about the Town, Askt fifty Guinea's, for her Maidenhead. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 187. ⁋2 I know not whether you have ever heard of the famous girl about Town called Kitty: This Creature..was my Mistress. 1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 29 Nov. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 144 Miss Jenny Hamilton, a pretty girl about town. 1862 Times 10 Jan. 8/2 [He] strikes up acquaintance with Marta Marietta, an unfortunate girl about town, and induces her to receive him in her private apartments. 1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death ix. 155 Lucilla had dropped her distinguished-widow pose..and resumed the girl-about-town manner. 1963 D. Stanford M. Spark: Biogr. & Crit. Stud. 20 All in one moment I seemed to see the smart girl-about-town, the wondering unsure child, and the dedicated poet. 2001 Sugar Feb. 100/1 Every girl-about-town knows that accessories are the best way to funk up any outfit. extracted from girln. < as lemmas
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