| 单词 | apple-pie american |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple-pie American C2. attributive. Embodying traditional values (esp. motherhood and domesticity) in a positive manner; simple and wholesome, esp. in a way regarded as exemplifying particularly American ideals (cf. motherhood and apple-pie n. at motherhood n. 1d); (hence also) thoroughly or typically American, esp. in apple-pie American (cf. as American as apple pie at Phrases). In later use frequently ironic or with pejorative connotations. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > wholesome goodOE wholeOE wholesomec1175 whole?c1225 hailsome1372 healthfulc1384 haila1393 halea1400 salutairec1450 salutary1490 wholesome1549 salutiferec1550 salutiferous?c1550 healthy1552 healthsomea1563 salubrious1659 apple pie1960 1960 Los Angeles Times 4 Jan. iii. 12/7 A ‘look’ is every woman's aim... ‘For Ginger Rogers, it's an apple-pie American look.’ 1962 John o' London's 19 Apr. 371/2 Likeable beer-drinking chaps..with resplendent memories of apple-pie mums. 1963 Time 14 June 54/2 Viewers like his apple-pie accent. 1978 Washington Post 1 Mar. a22/5 There were some who were irritated by his old-fashioned, apple-pie patriotism. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 July 9/1 The proud mother basking in the glow of her apple-pie family. 1991 Maclean's 17 June 56/3 His apple-pie sincerity seems misplaced. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Dec. b1 The developers intend to build a kind of apple-pie American paradise a la Norman Rockwell on 49,000 acres of prime land a few miles from Disney World. < as lemmas |
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