单词 | boy-and-girl |
释义 | > as lemmasboy-and-girl a. boy-and-girl: (attributive) relating to or involving a boy and a girl; esp. in regard to a (youthful) love affair or romantic relationship. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [adjective] > juvenile boy-and-girl1841 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxvi. 84 I have found it necessary to take some active steps towards setting this boy and girl attachment quite at rest. 1870 L. M. Alcott Old-fashioned Girl viii. 132 It's only a boy-and-girl fancy, that will soon die a natural death. 1934 P. Bottome Private Worlds v. 54 It was what people called ‘a boy and girl affair’, but they can go quite deep. 2002 Times (Nexis) 22 Jan. We had a true boy-and-girl affair: we went to the pictures, for trishaw rides, she cooked egg and chips for me..and we went swimming together off Changi Beach. < as lemmas |
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