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单词 blokeish
释义

blokeish

adjective

bloke·​ish ˈblō-kish How to pronounce blokeish (audio)
variants or less commonly blokish
ˈblō-kish
chiefly British, informal
: of or relating to men or traditionally or stereotypically male interests, qualities, or activities
This has been a godsend to teachers looking for a female angle in the generally blokeish world of Roman military history. Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement, 6 Oct. 2006
I asked him if he thought that the feminist group … might have formed in opposition to this blokish element in the college. Helen Garner, The First Stone, 1995
… the way in which the great French hostesses of the seventeenth century, … converted society from a blokeish and witless boys' club into the locus of refinement and wit. Times Literary Supplement, 6 Dec. 2002
… Rolf had ceased jovially welcoming him to the henpecked husbands club and thumping him on the back in blokeish camaraderie … Alexandra Potter, Calling Romeo, 2004
blokeishness noun
or less commonly blokishness
… a brand of cockney blokeishness that was curiously appealing. … His was the voice of the common man. Vincent Graff, Evening Standard (London), 7 June 1993
His rumpled blokeishness could help to persuade voters that the Tories are more than a bunch of unfeeling toffs. Economist, 13 Dec. 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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