doll
noun /dɒl/
/dɑːl/
- enlarge imagea child’s toy in the shape of a person, especially a baby or a child
玩偶；玩具娃娃 - a rag doll (= one made out of cloth)
布娃娃
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- tiny
- china
- …
- play with
- doll house
- doll’s house
- a rag doll (= one made out of cloth)
- (North American English, informal) a kind person
玩偶；玩具娃娃 - Be a doll and help me out.
做个洋娃娃，帮我一把。 - He was a doll to work with.
他是一个可以一起工作的玩偶。
- Be a doll and help me out.
- (especially North American English, old-fashioned, informal) a word used to describe a pretty or attractive woman, now often considered offensive
俊妞，甜姐儿，美人儿（现多认为意含冒犯） - She's quite a doll.
她真是个美人儿。
- She's quite a doll.
词源mid 16th cent. (denoting a mistress): pet form of the given name Dorothy. The sense ‘small model of a human figure’ dates from the late 17th cent.