hoyden
英 ['hɒɪd(ə)n]
美 ['hɔɪdn]
- adj. 顽皮的，淘气的
- n. 淘气姑娘，顽皮女孩
1. The now archaic hoyden 'high-spirited girl' [16] was borrowed from Dutch heiden 'heathen'.
2. heathen => hoyden.
- hoyden
- hoyden: see heathen
- hoyden (n.)
- 1590s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden "rustic, uncivilized man," from Middle Dutch heiden "heathen" (see heathen). Originally in English "rude, boorish fellow;" sense of "ill-bred, boisterous female" first recorded 1670s.
- 1. I -- a benighted hoyden, already blossomed teenager of a knowledgeable.
- 我 —— 一个愚昧无知的野丫头, 已长成一个有知识的少年.
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- 2. The man, free as a hoyden, ran to a chestnut tree and scratched back on bark.
- 那个男人, 像个顽皮的姑娘一样任性, 跑到一棵栗子树下,在树皮上蹭着后背.
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