英语词汇“likely lad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

likely lad n. (a) a boy or young man viewed as capable or potentially successful, a promising youth; cf. sense A. 5; (b) British a working-class young man; a young man with characteristics stereotypically associated with the working class.In later use influenced by the title of The Likely Lads, a British sitcom about two working class men from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, first broadcast in 1964.

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1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 147 They are likely Lads, they seem to chuse heartily their Fathers Ways.

1778 F. G. Waldron Maid of Kent iii. 54 Here he comes, and a likely lad he is as any in the parish.

1861 Living Age 6 July 356/1 Nevertheless, the lad is a likely lad.

1956 N.Y. Times 17 Nov. 29/5 A representative of an unidentified company offered to pay high school and college expenses for a likely lad.

1987 Times 29 Aug. 20/1 There is a type of likely lad, a cocky chat up artist on the make if not on the fiddle, who is always accused of acting except when in his professional capacity as a member of Equity.

1998 B. Elton Blast from Past (1999) xliii. 274 The Republicans were on the lookout for likely lads who might help to break their hold on power.

2007 S. Dunne Reaper (2009) ix. 149 A likely lad at the front of the queue bawled out, ‘Encore!’ to gales of laughter and derisive hoots.

单词	likely lad
释义	> as lemmas likely lad likely lad n. (a) a boy or young man viewed as capable or potentially successful, a promising youth; cf. sense A. 5; (b) British a working-class young man; a young man with characteristics stereotypically associated with the working class.In later use influenced by the title of The Likely Lads, a British sitcom about two working class men from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, first broadcast in 1964. ΚΠ 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 147 They are likely Lads, they seem to chuse heartily their Fathers Ways. View more context for this quotation 1778 F. G. Waldron Maid of Kent iii. 54 Here he comes, and a likely lad he is as any in the parish. 1861 Living Age 6 July 356/1 Nevertheless, the lad is a likely lad. 1956 N.Y. Times 17 Nov. 29/5 A representative of an unidentified company offered to pay high school and college expenses for a likely lad. 1987 Times 29 Aug. 20/1 There is a type of likely lad, a cocky chat up artist on the make if not on the fiddle, who is always accused of acting except when in his professional capacity as a member of Equity. 1998 B. Elton Blast from Past (1999) xliii. 274 The Republicans were on the lookout for likely lads who might help to break their hold on power. 2007 S. Dunne Reaper (2009) ix. 149 A likely lad at the front of the queue bawled out, ‘Encore!’ to gales of laughter and derisive hoots. extracted from likelyadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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