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minx是什么意思

minx

英 [mɪŋks] 美 [mɪŋks]
  • n. 风骚女子;轻佻女子

中文词源


minx 轻佻女孩

可能来自德语minsk,一个男人,像男人一样的女人,词源同man,mensch.后用于俚语泼妇,荡妇,粗鲁的女人,轻佻的女孩。比较virago.

英文词源


minx (n.)
1540s, mynx "pet dog," later "a young, pert, wanton girl" [Johnson] (1590s), of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening of minikin "girl, woman," from Middle Dutch minnekijn "darling, beloved," from minne "love" (see minnesinger) + -kijn, diminutive suffix. Klein's sources suggest the word is from Low German minsk "a man," also "an impudent woman," related to German Mensch (see mensch), which also has a sense in vulgar use of "wench, hussy, slut."

双语例句


1. She can be a proper little minx when she wants to get her own way!
她有时为所欲为,要发起坏来可真是个十足的小坏蛋!

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