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If someone is boyish, they look or act a bit like a boy, and the speaker usually means that in a warm, often attractive way. A man can have a boyish smile — young, open, not heavy or stern.
If someone is boyish如果有人boyish, they look or act看起來或表現得 a bit like a boy有點像男孩, and the speaker usually means that而說話的人這樣講通常 in a warm, often attractive way是帶著溫暖、覺得有吸引力的意思. A man can have男人可以有 a boyish smile一種boyish的笑容 — young, open,——年輕、開朗 not heavy or stern不沉重也不嚴肅.
A woman can have a boyish haircut or a boyish figure, meaning short hair or a straighter shape, in a way people find fresh or appealing.
A woman can have女人可以有 a boyish haircut or a boyish figureboyish的髮型或boyish的身形, meaning short hair or a straighter shape意思是短髮或比較直的線條, in a way people find fresh or appealing給人清爽或討喜的感覺.
It is ordinarily a compliment, or at least fond. It does not mean the person is a child, and it does not mean they are being silly.
It is ordinarily a compliment, or at least fond這通常是一種稱讚,至少也是喜愛的意思. It does not mean它不是說 the person is a child這個人是小孩, and it does not mean也不是說 they are being silly他們在耍笨.
Though actually English has a nearby word, childish, that often sounds like a complaint — “stop being childish” — while boyish almost never .
Though actually英文其實有一個 English has a nearby word相近的詞叫 childish childish, that often sounds like a complaint常常聽起來像在抱怨 — "stop being childish""別這麼幼稚" — while而 boyish almost never scoldsboyish幾乎不會用來責備人.
You will hear boyish in descriptions of faces, energy, clothes, and charm. It is ordinary English, a little literary when people write about looks.
You will hear boyish你會在 in descriptions of faces, energy, clothes, and charm形容臉、活力、穿著、魅力的時候聽到boyish. It is ordinary English這是很常見的英文, a little literary when people write about looks但在描寫外表時用起來會有點文學味.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
boyishadj/ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/
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Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor.
- People disliked his boyish and juvenile behaviour.
- Her boyish figure belied her femininity.
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Relating to a boy, or occurring in boyhood.
- For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。