tomboy
名词 n.
英 /ˈtɒm.bɔɪ/
美 /ˈtɑm.bɔɪ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
— His sister, his dearest and only playmate, is a tomboy at heart.
- A rude, boisterous boy.
- An immodest or bold woman.
- A butch lesbian.
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Aramaic תאמא
Aramaic תאומאbor.
Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor.
Latin Thōmāsbor.
Middle English Thomas
Middle English Thomme
English Tom
English tom
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
English tomboy
From tom + boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”.
Aramaic תאמא
Aramaic תאומאbor.
Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor.
Latin Thōmāsbor.
Middle English Thomas
Middle English Thomme
English Tom
English tom
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
English tomboy
From tom + boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”.
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