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单词 gamine
释义 gam·ine
I. \(ˈ)ga|mēn, ˈgamə̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, feminine of gamin
1. : a girl who runs the streets
 < a tough little gamine — Geoffrey Household >
 < as ignorant as a gamine — T.B.Costain >
2. : a girl of ingratiating qualities, typically slight build, and a pert saucy air or a wistful elfish charm
 < a trio of glamorous gamines — Lois Long >
 < a droll, touching gamine — Constance Tomkinson >
 < one of the most coquettish gamines I have ever watched — New Yorker >
II. adjective
: of or relating to a gamine
 < her oddly gamine … face — C.A.Lejeune >
 < the girls are built along shapely … gamine lines — Winthrop Sargeant >
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