| 单词 | trophy wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrophy wife b. Designating people or things regarded as a status symbol; esp. in trophy wife: a wife regarded as a status symbol for a (usually older) man. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife who is also something else wifec1330 trophy wife1973 1973 A. Zoltan Annie xii. 78 I can see why Englishmen's trophy-wives need time and cash and servants: for this sort of man you must always smell sweet, your skin be oil-smooth, your crevices antiseptic. 1978 S. P. Hall Rape of Nicollet Mall Mannequin iii. 57 She was looking brightly, admiringly across the net at him, one arm cast around the waist of her trophy-husband. 1989 Newsday (N.Y.) 28 Aug. (Nassau ed.) 48/1 Is the ‘trophy wife’ only an update on the old stereotype of the boss who takes on a girlfriend for a final fling? 1997 Independent 2 Jan. i. 3/2 Also selling well are ‘trophy’ books such as Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene; titles which look good on the bookcase but which tend to be more purchased than read. 2008 Independent on Sunday 20 July 29 (heading) Week-long luxury package to Abu Dhabi takes travel to new heights—or new depths—of ‘trophy tourism’. 2009 Independent 3 Mar. 9/1 The debt-fuelled habit of trophy dining..is another of those many Vanities that are shortly going on the Bonfire. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。