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be a dandy
指讲究穿着打扮、举止文雅的男子，常含讽喻或戏谑语气。
He was a dandy who spent hours choosing his cravat.
他曾是个花花公子，会花好几个小时挑选领巾。
花花公子；浮华男子
Dandies — plural of dandy
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花花公子；浮华男子
A man who is excessively concerned with his appearance and refined style.
He was a dandy who spent hours choosing his cravat.
他曾是个花花公子，会花好几个小时挑选领巾。
极度注重外表、言语雅致、爱好悠闲且故作冷漠的男性。
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
同类中极好的事物。
Something excellent in its class.
一种用于造纸的压纹辊。
A dandy roller.
The dandy spent hours choosing his silk tie and cufflinks.
这个花花公子花了几个小时挑选他的丝绸领带和袖扣。
At the party, a group of dandies attracted attention with their flashy suits.
聚会上，一群花花公子穿着花哨的西装引人注目。
He was known as a dandy because of his obsession with fashion and grooming.
他因痴迷时尚和打扮而被称为花花公子。
指讲究穿着打扮、举止文雅的男子，常含讽喻或戏谑语气。
He was a dandy who spent hours choosing his cravat.
他曾是个花花公子，会花好几个小时挑选领巾。
此结构表示同类中极好的事物，多用于美式口语。
He caught a dandy of a trout in the stream.
他在溪里钓到一条极好的鳟鱼。
Not this
He is very famous dandy.
Use this
He is a very famous dandy.
dandy 作名词表示‘花花公子’时是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 a。
Not this
Many dandys attended the party.
Use this
Many dandies attended the party.
以‘辅音字母 + y’结尾的名词变复数时，要把 y 改为 i 再加 es，因此 dandy 的复数是 dandies，不是 dandys。
Not this
He is a dandy because he has a new girlfriend every week.
Use this
He is a playboy because he has a new girlfriend every week.
dandy 指注重外表、穿着时髦的‘纨绔子弟’，并不表示‘到处换女友’；表达‘情场浪子/花花公子’应用 playboy。
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年轻的花花公子
The young dandy at the party wore a velvet coat and lavender gloves.
聚会上的那个年轻花花公子穿着天鹅绒外套，戴着淡紫色手套。
穿得像花花公子
He always dressed like a dandy, with a cane and a silk hat.
他总是拄着手杖、戴着丝质礼帽，打扮得像花花公子。
摄政时期的花花公子
Beau Brummell is the most famous Regency dandy.
博·布鲁梅尔是最著名的摄政时期花花公子。
极好的东西；上品
That fishing rod is a real dandy.
那根鱼竿真是件好东西。
极好的…；非常出色的…
We had a dandy of a time at the festival.
我们在节日上玩得非常开心。
水印辊
The dandy roller presses the watermark into the wet paper.
水印辊把水印压进湿纸中。
好极了；都很完美
You think everything is fine and dandy, but we still have problems.
你觉得一切都好极了，但我们还有问题。
极好的...；了不起的...
That was a dandy of a performance last night.
昨晚那场演出太棒了。
这句歌词出自英国乐队 The Kinks 1966 年的歌曲《Dandy》，是“dandy（花花公子）”在流行文化中的经典用法，反复吟唱“Dandy”来指代那种衣着讲究、故作优雅的男人。
The song's narrator is a dandy who dresses impeccably but still cannot stand the pace of his own party life.
歌曲中的叙述者是一个衣着无可挑剔的花花公子，却连自己纵情玩乐的生活节奏都跟不上。
这是英国乐队 T. Rex 1977 年歌曲《Dandy in the Underworld》中的一句，用“地下世界里的花花公子”来营造一种既精致又神秘的反差形象。
He was a dandy, always immaculately groomed even in the grimy underground club.
他是个花花公子，即使在肮脏的地下俱乐部里也打扮得一丝不苟。
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记谐音：dandy 像'丹弟'，一位衣着考究、摆出冷漠姿态的'花花公子'，爱打扮、重仪表。
语域：mixed 常见场景：时尚或人物描写、日常对话中称赞物品、造纸工艺 该词作名词时语域随义项变化：表示“注重外表的男子”多用于时尚或人物描写，通常略带书面色彩；表示“极好的事物”比较常见于口语；表示造纸用的压纹辊时则属于专业术语。实际使用时应依据具体语境选择，避免混用。
可数名词，复数形式为dandies。
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