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Doll Melt Common Hal Familiar Originally Applied Pet

正面 3854.doll
英 [dɒl]美 [dɑl]

背面
释义:
n. 洋娃娃;玩偶;无头脑的美丽女人vt. 把…打扮得花枝招展n. (Doll)人名;(英)多尔(女子教名Dorothea和Dorothy的昵称);(西)多利
例句:
1. The doll-like figures in these stories are unlike anybody, let alone oneself.这些故事中的玩偶形象跟谁都不像,更不用说像自己了。

1. 根据首辅音决定词类含义的原理以及 meek 和 mild 的词源信息猜测,这两个单词很可能具有同源性或者亲缘关系,它们都来源于古北欧语或者古日耳曼语;它们都很可能与词根 medi- / mid- 具有同源性或者亲缘关系,表示一种不偏不倚、不走极端的中庸路线或状态。2. melt => Latin mollis "soft, mild", from root *mel- "soft" => mild.3. melt => mild.
doll 玩偶来自Dorothy的昵称,用来指玩偶。比较Teddy Bear.
dolldoll: [16] Doll comes from the name Dorothy: the changing of r to l in personal names is a common English phenomenon of long standing, from Shakespeare’s Prince Hal (for Harry) to the currently familiar Del and Tel (for Derek and Terry). The word was originally applied to a man’s mistress (much like moll, which came from Mary), but in the 18th century it came to be applied to a ‘toy baby’. The pet form dolly dates from the 17th century.doll (n.)1550s, endearing name for a female pet or a mistress; originally a familiar form of fem. proper name Dorothy (q.v.). The -l- for -r- substitution in nicknames is common in English: compare Hal for Harold, Moll for Mary, Sally for Sarah, etc. Attested from 1640s as colloquial for "slattern;" sense of "child's toy baby" is c. 1700. Transferred back to living beings 1778 in sense of "pretty, silly woman."doll (v.)1867, "to pet, indulge," from doll (n.). Usually with up. Meaning "to dress up" is from 1906, American English. Related: Dolled; dolling."

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