单词 | sloane |
释义 | > as lemmasSloane (Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of) an upper class and fashionable but conventional young woman in London. Also occasionally extended to any member of the class to which such young women belong, and elliptical as Sloane. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > female fine lady1577 girl about ( the) towna1701 élégante1797 lionne1846 flâneuse1879 mondaine1888 mundane1897 nymph1898 Sloane Ranger1975 bright young thing2016 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective] > (characteristic of) member of > female Sloane Ranger1975 1975 P. York in Harpers & Queen Oct. 190/3 The Sloane Rangers..are the nicest British Girl. 1975 P. York in Harpers & Queen Oct. 191/2 The Sloane Rangers always add tone. They never put on prole accents, like self-conscious Oxford boys in the sixties. 1975 P. York in Harpers & Queen Oct. 191/3 Once a Sloane marries and moves to Kennington and starts learning sociology through the Open University, she is off the rails. 1975 P. York in Harpers & Queen Oct. 192/3 Sloane Ranger pet hates..incense, Norman Mailer. 1978 Evening Standard 21 Aug. 13/2 A way of life neither Mayfair, nor West End nor Sloane Ranger, but which is summed up in the words Cafe Society. 1978 D. MacKenzie Deep, Dark & Dangerous i. 55 Emma..was a hell of a lot different to the succession of Sloane Rangers who had been her predecessors, harpies bent on getting far more than they gave. 1980 S. Allan Dead Giveaway xv. 154 She wore a cashmere sweater..a Sloane ranger type. 1981 J. Mann Funeral Sites xviii. 111 The all-English Phoebe with her Sloane Ranger voice and manners. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 10/1 Sloane Rangers hesitate to use the term ‘breeding’ now (of people, not animals) but that's what background means. 1983 Times 16 Apr. 3/7 (headline) Bogus Sloane Ranger lived like a lord. 1983 Times 16 Apr. 3/8 He even emulated the voice of those known as Sloane Rangers and men about town. < as lemmas |
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