tomboy

英 [ˈtɒmbɔɪ]

美 [ˈtɑːmbɔɪ]

n.  假小子; 野丫头(喜欢男孩玩意儿的女孩子)

复数：tomboys　

BNC.34191 / COCA.22383

牛津词典

noun

• 假小子；野丫头（喜欢男孩玩意儿的女孩子）
  a young girl who enjoys activities and games that are traditionally considered to be for boys

柯林斯词典

• 假小子;野丫头
  If you say that a girl is atomboy, you mean that she likes playing rough or noisy games, or doing things that were traditionally considered to be things that boys enjoy.

英英释义

noun

• a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
  Synonym:romphoyden

双语例句

• Fine clothes are wasted on her-she's a tomboy.
  漂亮衣服她穿了也是白搭一她是个顽皮的假小子。
• One of my earliest memories is of getting into trouble for being a tomboy.
  我最早的记忆片断之一，是自己表现得像个野小子而惹来麻烦。
• I picture Alice as more of a tomboy, but she is the one who did all the fussing over Bella for the prom.
  我想象中的爱丽丝更像个假小子，可独独就是她对贝拉的舞会热心过度的啊。
• When I got acquainted with Steve, I was a real tomboy.
  当我认识史蒂夫的时候，我真的是个男人婆。
• She has been a tomboy since she was born.
  她从生下来就很男性化。
• Suddenly it was OK to be a tomboy, and girls across China posted blogs saying that the ballsy and idiosyncratic Li had inspired them to be themselves.
  几乎一夜之间，英气的男孩子样的女孩被众人接受了，女孩们纷纷在博客上说，李宇春勇敢、个性的表率激励他们成为自己。
• Because his wife is such a tomboy.
  因为他妻子很厉害。
• She had started out to be a tomboy, much to her parents'dismay, but a strict governess had taken the spontaneity and impulsiveness right out of her.
  她的性格变得像男孩子，她父母十分担忧，可是严格的控制使她失去天性和冲动。
• In other words, it might not sting as much for a girl to be called a tomboy as it does for a boy to be called a sissy.
  换句话说，女孩子被叫做假小子不会像男孩子被说成娘娘腔那样叫人受不了。
• Hannah's biggest worry now is that her daughter will turn out to be a tomboy.
  现在汉娜最大的顾虑就是怕她的女儿会长成一个假小子。