doll
noun/dɒl/
/dɑːl/
- a child’s toy in the shape of a person, especially a baby or a child
enlarge image玩偶；玩具娃娃 - a rag doll (= one made out of cloth)
布娃娃
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- tiny
- china
- …
- play with
- doll house
- doll’s house
- a rag doll (= one made out of cloth)
- (North American English, informal) a kind person
仁慈的人；可爱的人 - Be a doll and help me out.
行行好，帮帮我吧。 - He was a doll to work with.
他就像一个可以一起工作的洋娃娃。
- Be a doll and help me out.
- (especially North American English, old-fashioned, informal, usually offensive) an offensive word for a woman thought to be pretty or attractive
对被认为漂亮或有吸引力的女性的冒犯性词语
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a mistress): pet form of the given name Dorothy. The sense ‘small model of a human figure’ dates from the late 17th cent.