| 单词 | my little woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy little woman 2. A young female child, a girl, especially one in whom traditional womanly qualities are conspicuous. Also as a familiar or affectionate form of address (also my little woman). Cf. little man n. 2, little people n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl mops1565 whiting-mop1630 lamb-piea1640 girly?1786 little woman1790 ladyling1807 popsy1855 the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun] > as term of address girl1562 sis1596 missy1676 little woman1790 birdeen1840 missikins1923 1790 M. Wollstonecraft tr. C. G. Salzmann Elem. Morality I. xxiv. 188 These accidents made Mary look foolish; the boys began to laugh at the little woman, and she wished her finery a hundred miles off. 1796 tr. J.-M. Roland de La Platière Appeal to Impartial Posterity (ed. 2) II. iii. 40 There was so much of the little woman about me, that it was immediately judged proper to include me in the elder set. 1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. iii. 97 If ever I felt the nature that breathes through Shenstone's School poem, it was on beholding this band of little men and little women. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 23/1 Is this you, my bairns, come to wish your old aunty a good Hansel Monday, and tell her all your news? Mary, my little woman, give Annie a cry. 1868 L. M. Alcott (title) Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. 1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes iv They were pretty babies, dear little men and women. 1909 Home Mission Monthly Feb. 89/1 Hush, hushaby, little woman! 2009 L. Samuel Imagine you...in my Shoes (2010) ii. 83 The baby..is quite the little woman! She always wants to help her mama around the house. < as lemmas |
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