Pollyanna

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
    — You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious Pollyanna.
  2. A secret Santa gift exchange. Mid-Atlantic,Pennsylvania,Southeastern,US,colloquial
专有名词
  1. A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
    — Pollyanna Pocket was small, with long floppy ears and a tail that coiled upwards in a little ringlet. She was a bouncy, happy young dog, who frolicked all day

词形变化

Polly-Anna alternative Polly Anna alternative Pollyannas plural pollyanna alternative Pollyannas plural

词源

词源 1
From Polly + Anna.
词源 2
From the name of the protagonist in the 1913 novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor Porter.
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