单词 | it girl |
释义 | It girln. colloquial (originally U.S.). A woman who is very famous, fashionable, or successful at a particular time, esp. (chiefly U.S.) a glamorous, vivacious, or sexually attractive actress, model, etc., or (chiefly British) a young, rich woman who has achieved celebrity because of her socialite lifestyle. Cf. it n.1 3.Originally (with the) referring to the U.S. actress Clara Bow (1905–65), and her role as female lead in the silent film It (1927). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > and popular golden boy1658 golden girl1832 It girl1927 It boy1929 golden couple2015 1927 Los Angeles Times 29 May iii. 15/1 Offering more comedy is the ‘it’ girl, Clara Bow, in her latest featured film. 1968 J. Lock Lady Policeman xvii. 147 I trailed after her on her lap of honour like Little Orphan Annie behind the ‘It’ girl. 1995 Entertainm. Weekly 22 Dec. 60 And it was even more fortuitous that [Jane] Austen, this year's posthumous It Girl, has a 20th-century cosmic twin in Emma Thompson, who not only stars in Sense and Sensibility but also wrote the screenplay. 2000 S. Kinsella Secret Dreamworld Shopaholic x. 147 My wife was reading an article about it [sc. Fulham]. Full of It-girls, all living on trust funds. 2011 Vanity Fair Jan. 66/3 Evi, 47, a former Hollywood ‘It girl’ who once modeled nude for Helmut Newton and put up a show in a gallery in L.A. consisting of giant photographs of her pierced vagina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927 |
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