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单词 on someone's arm
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on someone's arm
(c) on someone's arm: (esp. of a woman) next to and holding the arm of a person (typically a man) for or as though for support. to have someone on one's arm: (esp. of a man) to be accompanied by or escorting a person (typically a woman), usually at a public or social event.
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1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 274 Three courtiers, each with a lady on his arm, are promenading.
1828 Museum Foreign Lit. 13 752/2 He had a lady on his arm, whom I had before seen.
1919 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Consequences i. viii. 99 Going down to supper on the arm of young Goldstein.
1944 J. Leeper Eng. Ballet 19 The grand processional entry of the old King on the arm of his Queen.
1974 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Epitaph for Lobbyist x. 90 Betty Jo appeared on the arm of her father..floating in a cloud of white.
1987 W. McPherson Sargasso Sea (1988) ii. 84 The tart on his arm must be the new boyfriend.
1991 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. h4/6 Having a snow bunny on his arm is sometimes an ego boost for an older man.
2012 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 31/6 Rhys Ifans..turned up with Anna Friel on his arm and a Cheshire cat grin on his face.
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