单词 | nature boy |
释义 | > as lemmasnature boy nature boy n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a naive or innocent person; a person who is fond of the outdoors; a boy or man who lives a healthy and athletic life in the countryside; (hence) a yokel, a rough or crude person. ΚΠ 1948 E. Ahbez (song, perf. Nat ‘King’ Cole) (title of song) Nature boy. 1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 187 Wild negroes with bop caps and goatees came laughing by; then..an occasional Nature Boy saint in beard and sandals. 1962 Listener 16 Aug. 249/1 It would appear this superb dramatist is no more than an uncouth nature-boy, spilling out the Yiddishes blarney. 1994 R. Davies Cunning Man 21 I was quickly dubbed Nature Boy, a denizen of the woods. < as lemmas |
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