hoyden
英 ['h??d(?)n]
美['h??dn]
- adj. 頑皮的，淘氣的
- n. 淘氣姑娘，頑皮女孩
助記提示
1. The now archaic hoyden 'high-spirited girl' [16] was borrowed from Dutch heiden 'heathen'.
2. heathen => hoyden.
英文詞源
- hoyden
- hoyden: see heathen
- hoyden (n.)
- 1590s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden "rustic, uncivilized man," from Middle Dutch heiden "heathen" (see heathen). Originally in English "rude, boorish fellow;" sense of "ill-bred, boisterous female" first recorded 1670s.
雙語例句
- 1. I -- a benighted hoyden, already blossomed teenager of a knowledgeable.
- 我 —— 一個(gè)愚昧無知的野丫頭, 已長(zhǎng)成一個(gè)有知識(shí)的少年.
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- 2. The man, free as a hoyden, ran to a chestnut tree and scratched back on bark.
- 那個(gè)男人, 像個(gè)頑皮的姑娘一樣任性, 跑到一棵栗子樹下,在樹皮上蹭著后背.
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