单词 | norman rockwell |
释义 | Norman Rockwelln. Chiefly U.S. attributive. Designating something characteristic of or resembling Norman Rockwell's depictions of small-town American life, typically characterized as sentimental, quaint, or idealized. Frequently depreciative. ΚΠ 1970 Amer. Q. 22 745 A reassurance to the Grownups that Junior is still a certified-normal Norman Rockwell kid. 1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 9 Oct. 23/2 All too many in this town Christa once described as a ‘Norman Rockwell kind of place’ remembered the..lead-up to Christa's flight. 1992 Time 1 June 30/1 Some people later took Quayle's words to be fatuous white-bread truisms—Norman Rockwell evocations of an America long gone. 2001 Times 24 July ii. 28/4 This is the story of her travels through huge, wide-open spaces and little Norman Rockwell towns. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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