manic pixie dream girl

短语

发音

UK /ˈmænɪk ˌpɪksi ˈdɹiːm ɡɜːl/
其它
US /ˈmænɪk ˌpɪksi ˈdɹim ˌɡɝl/

词形变化

manic pixie dream girls 复数 manic pixie dream girls

别名

manic pixie dreamgirl MPDG

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stock female character, typically characterized as a bubbly, quirky free spirit, whose main purpose within a narrative is to teach a young male protagonist to embrace the mysteries and adventures of life.

    贬义 媒体

词源

Coined by the American film and music critic Nathan Rabin (born 1976) in a 2007 review of Elizabethtown (2005) to describe the character Claire Colburn played by Kirsten Dunst: see the quotation.

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