| 英语单词 | dandy |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['dændi] 美 ['dændi] |
| 中文释义 | adj.<口>极好的 n.花花公子;好打扮的人 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He's well-learned and full of dandy ideas. (2) However, in real life he is a dandy. (3) The dandy cares too much about the smartness of his clothes. (4) Klausen is something of a dandy and hates to have his clothes sullied. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他学习很好,并且有许多好主意。 (2) 但在现实生活中,他却是个游戏人间的花花公子。 (3) 那个花花公子有些过份注意他的衣着。 (4) 这位克劳森讲究穿着,一尘不染。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A man who is very concerned with how he looks can be called a dandy. The term is rather old fashioned — it was commonly used to refer to such men in the 1800s, like the famous dandy Beau Brummell. |
| vocabulary扩展 | As an adjective, dandy means excellent. If you think your new car is dandy, you're excited to own such a great car. In modern use, dandy is often used sarcastically, with just a small change in wording or emphasis: "My new car is just dandy. It's broken down twice today already!" The word dandy is also frequently used in the phrase "fine and dandy". |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]时髦男子;注重打扮的男人 A dandy is a man who thinks a great deal about his appearance and always dresses in smart clothes.
2 [ADJ 形容词]好的;棒的;正好的 If you say that something is dandy, you mean it is good or just right. [AM 美] [INFORMAL 非正式] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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