Dundreary

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any type of fashion, hairstyles etc. associated with the foppish Lord Dundreary in Taylor's Our American Cousin. attributive
    — The shop windows were filled with Dundreary scarves, and Brother Sam scarves, and there were Dundreary collars and Dundreary shirts, and Dundrearyisms were on every lip.
  2. A person reminiscent of Lord Dundreary; a fop, a dandy. obsolete
  3. Long, bushy sideburns. in-plural
    — All at once, the Emperor began to whistle. He really did purse his lips, the wings of his dundrearies moved a little closer together, and the Emperor whistled a tune, a familiar, if somewhat distorted tune.

词形变化

Dundrearys plural Dundrearies plural dundreary alternative

词源

From the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858).
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