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Goldilocks

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Gold·i·locks1 /ˈɡəʊldilɒks $ ˈɡoʊldilɑːks/ adjective [only before noun]  exactly right – used especially to describe a place that has physical conditions that are exactly right for the existence of life 适合的,理想的〔尤用于形容某地的生态环境适合生命存在〕 In our solar system, only Earth lies in the Goldilocks zone. 太阳系中,只有地球位于宜居带。Gold·i·locks2 /ˈɡəʊldilɒks $ -lɑːks/  n1. the main character in the children’s story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks is a young girl with golden-coloured hair who visits the house of the Three Bears while they are out. She tries sitting in each of their chairs, tastes each of their bowls of porridge, and lies in each of their beds until she finds the one she likes best. When the Bears come back, they realize that someone has been in their home. They each ask ‘Who’s been sitting in my chair?’, ‘Who’s been eating my porridge?’, and ‘Who’s been sleeping in my bed?’ until they finally find Goldilocks asleep in the baby bear’s bed. Goldilocks then wakes up and runs away.n2. a humorous name for someone, especially a little girl, with blond hair
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Goldilocks
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Goldilocks /ˈɡəʊldilɒks $ -lɑːks/
1. the main character in the children’s story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks is a young girl with golden-coloured hair who visits the house of the Three Bears while they are out. She tries sitting in each of their chairs, tastes each of their bowls of porridge, and lies in each of their beds until she finds the one she likes best. When the Bears come back, they realize that someone has been in their home. They each ask ‘Who’s been sitting in my chair?’, ‘Who’s been eating my porridge?’, and ‘Who’s been sleeping in my bed?’ until they finally find Goldilocks asleep in the baby bear’s bed. Goldilocks then wakes up and runs away.
2. a humorous name for someone, especially a little girl, with blond hair

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Goldilocks /'ɡəʊldilɒks $ ˈɡoʊldilɑːks/ adjective [only before noun]
exactly right – used especially to describe a place that has physical conditions that are exactly right for the existence of life:
    In our solar system, only Earth lies in the Goldilocks zone.


Goldi·locksBrE /ˈɡəʊldɪlɒks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡoʊldɪlɑːks/ 🔊 adjectivewithout extremes; just right 适中的;恰到好处的The planet is in what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone: neither too hot, nor too cold.这颗行星位于天文学家所说的适居带,既不太热,也不太冷。 ORIGIN From the story Goldilocks and the three bears where a girl finds a house and tries things out until she finds the one that is just right: the chair that is neither too big nor too small, the porridge that is not too hot and not too cold, and the bed that is neither too hard nor too soft. 源自《金发女孩和三只熊》的故事:女孩发现一座房子,试了里面的各种东西,直到找到正合适的,即不大也不小的椅子、不凉也不热的粥和不硬也不软的床。