单词 | big girl |
释义 | big girln. A girl who is relatively old or mature; (also) a girl who is old enough to look after herself or to cope with adult experiences (also (colloquial) used ironically, of a woman).big girl's blouse: see blouse n. 3b. ΚΠ 1662 H. Marten Familiar Lett. xxviii. 24 Prethee Dear, think of some body to help thee in this luggage; if thou art not provided with a fitter, I should commend the bearers big girle Sarah. 1708 tr. S. Le Prestre de Vauban Project for Royal Tythe x. 161 The second [column] the Men; the third, the Women..; the fifth, the big Girls..; the seventh, the little Girls. 1791 E. Miles Violet Hill vii. 40 No, said Henrietta..I will tell you when you are a big girl, why an't I a big girl now? said Cordelia. 1854 S. Robinson Hot Corn vii. 120 She is a big girl now, and must not be idle. I wish she had a trade. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. iv. 127 After some years of bullying by big girls..Amy..became a ‘big girl’ herself. 1894 G. A. Sala London up to Date xii. 149 Troops of children, from little dots of four and five..to big girls. 1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xviii. 318 ‘I'm getting a big girl now,’ she said. ‘You can mention it in front of me.’ 1980 R. Hill Killing Kindness (1987) xiii. 142 I make my own decisions. I'm a big girl. 2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen xxxii. 195 Women and big girls put them between their legs and when it turned red they would flush them down the toilets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1662 |
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