doll
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++doll1 /dɒl $ dɑːl, dɒːl/ ●●● S3 noun 1 
[countable]DG a child’s toy that looks like a small person or baby 玩偶，玩具娃娃 a small wooden doll 一个小木玩偶2 [countable] old-fashioned informalWOMANWOMAN a word meaning an attractive young woman – now usually considered offensive 俊妞，美人〔现通常被视为具有冒犯性〕 Hey, doll, why don’t you get me a cup of coffee? 嗨，大美人，干吗不给我来杯咖啡？3 [singular]NICE American English informal a very nice person 大好人 Thanks, you’re a doll. 谢谢，你可真是个大好人。
[countable]DG a child’s toy that looks like a small person or baby 玩偶，玩具娃娃 a small wooden doll 一个小木玩偶2 [countable] old-fashioned informalWOMANWOMAN a word meaning an attractive young woman – now usually considered offensive 俊妞，美人〔现通常被视为具有冒犯性〕 Hey, doll, why don’t you get me a cup of coffee? 嗨，大美人，干吗不给我来杯咖啡？3 [singular]NICE American English informal a very nice person 大好人 Thanks, you’re a doll. 谢谢，你可真是个大好人。Examples from the Corpus
doll• Other nights, I listened to pneumatic tubes, and I was a doll on a shelf in a cavernous department store.• I done buried people with Bibles, canes, crutches, guitars, radios, baby dolls...• Then she got some toy bricks and built a little house for the mummy doll and a little house for the daddy doll.• A Cabbage Patch doll dries on the clothesline.• This rag doll treatment of our things is great fun for him.• During the intervening seven years, he has become replacement therapy for little girls who have just donated their dolls to Oxfam.• Then he took out one of those dolls, each piece of which unscrews to reveal a smaller doll within.doll2 verb 1 doll yourself up phrasal verb informal DCBif a woman dolls herself up, she puts on attractive clothes and make-up, especially before going out to a party, club etc 〔女子为参加聚会、俱乐部活动等而〕打扮起来 Maggie was in her room, dolling herself up. 玛吉在自己的房间里，正在打扮。be/get dolled up (for something) The girls were all dolled up for a party. 女孩子们都打扮得漂漂亮亮去参加派对。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
doll• I doll myself up at dusk.Origin doll1 (1500-1600) The female name Doll, from Dorothydoll1 noundoll2 verbChinese
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doll
doll1 /dɒl $ dɑːl, dɒːl/ 
noun
1. [countable] a child’s toy that looks like a small person or baby:
a small wooden doll
2. [countable] old-fashioned informal a word meaning an attractive young woman – now usually considered offensive:
Hey, doll, why don’t you get me a cup of coffee?
3. [singular] American English informal a very nice person:
Thanks, you’re a doll.
doll2 verb
doll yourself up phrasal verb informal
if a woman dolls herself up, she puts on attractive clothes and make-up, especially before going out to a party, club etc:
Maggie was in her room, dolling herself up.
be/get dolled up (for something)
The girls were all dolled up for a party.
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noun Date: 1500-1600
Origin: The female name Doll, from Dorothy
Origin: The female name Doll, from Dorothy
1. [countable] a child’s toy that looks like a small person or baby:
2. [countable] old-fashioned informal a word meaning an attractive young woman – now usually considered offensive:
3. [singular] American English informal a very nice person:
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verbdoll yourself up phrasal verb informal
if a woman dolls herself up, she puts on attractive clothes and make-up, especially before going out to a party, club etc:
be/get dolled up (for something)
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