Gibson Girl

短语

词形变化

Gibson Girls 复数 Gibson Girls

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A personification of American ideal feminine beauty around the beginning of the 20th century, depicted as voluptuous but ladylike and fashionable.

  2. 2.

    A survival radio transmitter carried by aircraft on over-water operations.

    美国 历史 俚语 政治 军事

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

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词源

Introduced in the satirical works of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890s. (radio transmitter): So called from its hourglass shape (allowing it to be held between one's legs while the generator handle was turned), supposed to resemble a womanly figure.

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