英语词汇“Sadie Hawkins”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Sadie Hawkins

/ˌseɪdɪ ˈhɔːkɪnz/

noun

Used attributive to designate a day when, in a reversal of traditional gender roles, women propose marriage to men, ask them out on dates, etc. More generally: designating any period or event, especially a dance, in which women take the initiative in this way.

The day, usually occurring in November, first gained popularity among university students and was inspired by a Li'l Abner comic strip in which a race is held to enable women, including the spinster Sadie Hawkins, to catch a husband. The Sadie Hawkins Day Race became a yearly feature of the cartoon..

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in Amarillo (Texas) Globe. From Sadie Hawkins, the name of a character in the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp (born Alfred Gerald Caplin: 1909–79), American cartoonist.

单词	Sadie Hawkins
释义	Sadie Hawkins /ˌseɪdɪ ˈhɔːkɪnz/ US noun Used attributive to designate a day when, in a reversal of traditional gender roles, women propose marriage to men, ask them out on dates, etc. More generally: designating any period or event, especially a dance, in which women take the initiative in this way. The day, usually occurring in November, first gained popularity among university students and was inspired by a Li'l Abner comic strip in which a race is held to enable women, including the spinster Sadie Hawkins, to catch a husband. The Sadie Hawkins Day Race became a yearly feature of the cartoon.. Origin 1930s; earliest use found in Amarillo (Texas) Globe. From Sadie Hawkins, the name of a character in the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp (born Alfred Gerald Caplin: 1909–79), American cartoonist.
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