| 单词 | young-ladylike |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˌyoung-ˈladylike ˌyoung-ˈladylike adv. and adj. †(a) adv. in the manner of a young lady (obsolete); (b) adj. resembling or characteristic of a young lady. ΘΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [adjective] maidenly1530 maidenlike1548 maiden1594 young-ladylike1754 sweet sixteen1826 young ladyish1832 young-womanly1836 flapperish1920 teenybop1967 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xv. 84 Her young Lady was so tenacious, she said (young Lady like) of her authority. 1832 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 12 I am sorry to say that I have a very young-lady-like partiality to writing to those that I love. 1852 D. M. Mulock Agatha's Husband iv To judge whether, young-lady-like, she had told his secret to all her female friends. 1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xiv. 184 A young lady of young-ladylike accomplishments. 1998 C. L. Linedecker Vampire Killers viii. 197 A pair of handcuffs around her wrists in jarring contrast with the young-ladylike appearance she otherwise projected. < as lemmas |
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