Tom Jones

名词 n.
/ˌtɒm ˈdʒəʊnz/    /ˌtɑm ˈdʒoʊnz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A desirable man of loose morals, prone to having sex with many women. rare
    — All men are not Tom Joneses. The standard of masculine behaviour continues to go up: many of us make fine efforts to conform to it, and some of us succeed. But the Tom Jones is there in all of us who are not anaemic or consumptive.

词形变化

Tom Joneses plural

词源

After the title character in The History of Tom Jones, written by Henry Fielding and published in 1749; now perhaps also influenced by the Welsh singer of the same name and similar reputation.
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