| 单词 | lady of leisure |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady (or woman) of leisure f. lady (or woman) of leisure, a woman who has no regular employment or whose time is free from obligations to others. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > person(s) at leisure holiday-woman1548 holiday-maker1792 the leisured class(es1848 vacationist1885 vacationer1890 lady (or woman) of leisure1948 1948 R. M. Ayres Missing the Tide v. 164 She was no longer a lady of leisure in her own house but a paid companion with irksome duties to perform. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 40/1 The woman of leisure might wear long skirts, but the working woman was put into adolescent short skirts. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman xxii. 190 Or as the lady of leisure, reading a book? 1975 D. Ramsay Descent into Dark i. 26 She had a whole afternoon to play lady of leisure. < as lemmas |
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