a + adj + gamine
gamine 前常加描述性形容词,如 mischievous、elfish、pert,用来点明那种精灵古怪的气质。
The director cast her as a mischievous gamine with cropped hair.
导演让她出演一个留着短发、调皮淘气的女孩。
流浪女孩;街头女弃儿;(通常指女性的)街头流浪儿;无家可归的女孩。;淘气、顽皮、精灵般、俏皮的女孩或年轻女子。
a mischievous, playful, elfish girl or young woman, often with a boyish charm
(通常指女性的)街头流浪儿;无家可归的女孩。
A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
淘气、顽皮、精灵般、俏皮的女孩或年轻女子。
A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.
The gamine wandered the city streets, searching for food.
这个女流浪儿在城市街道上徘徊,寻找食物。
用法提示:此处‘gamine’作名词,意为‘女流浪儿’。
With her mischievous smile and tousled hair, she had the charm of a gamine.
她带着顽皮的笑容和凌乱的头发,具有顽童般的魅力。
用法提示:此处‘gamine’指具有顽童气质的女孩。
The actress was known for her gamine look in the 1960s films.
这位女演员因在20世纪60年代电影中的顽童形象而闻名。
用法提示:此处‘gamine’形容女孩顽皮可爱的外表。
gamine 前常加描述性形容词,如 mischievous、elfish、pert,用来点明那种精灵古怪的气质。
The director cast her as a mischievous gamine with cropped hair.
导演让她出演一个留着短发、调皮淘气的女孩。
作表语时多指街头流浪的女孩,也可指俏皮机灵的年轻女子。
In the novel's opening chapters she is a gamine who sleeps under the bridges.
在小说的开头几章里,她是个睡在桥下的流浪女孩。
所有格形式 gamine's 常修饰笑容、神情、目光一类名词。
The gamine's grin made everyone in the room laugh.
那个顽皮女孩的咧嘴一笑让屋里的人都笑了起来。
grammar · medium
易错句子Two gamine were sitting on the steps.
正确表达Two gamines were sitting on the steps.
gamine 是可数名词,复数要加 -s 变成 gamines;汉语名词没有复数词尾,学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is clever gamine.
正确表达She is a clever gamine.
gamine 作可数名词时,单数形式前需要限定词;形容词 clever 修饰单数可数名词时仍要加不定冠词 a,汉语没有冠词,容易遗漏。
gamin 是阳性形式,只指男孩或年轻男子;gamine 带词尾 -e,指女孩或年轻女子。两者都可指街头流浪儿,但 gamine 还常指机灵俏皮的女性,gamin 没有这层“精灵般”的意味。
urchin 男女通用,语域偏文学、书面,强调贫穷脏乱;gamine 专指女性,且往往强调机灵、俏皮、精灵气质,不一定贫穷。要泛指流浪小孩用 urchin,要写俏皮女孩用 gamine。
minx 指调皮女孩时带有放肆、媚惑的贬义色彩;gamine 的“俏皮”是褒义、天真精灵般的。要表达 disapproval 的“妖媚小妖精”用 minx,要中性或赞美的“精灵女孩”用 gamine。
n.;gamin(词根/阳性形式)
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