tomboy
n. 似男孩的顽皮姑娘, 假小子
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教材释义与例句
假小子，行为似男孩的顽皮姑娘
释义与例句
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1.
A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
假小子
女汉子
男人婆
His sister, his dearest and only playmate, is a tomboy at heart.
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2.
A rude, boisterous boy.
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3.
An immodest or bold woman.
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4.
A butch lesbian.
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词源
From tom + boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”.
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