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gamine

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ga·mine /ˈɡæmiːn/ noun [countable] literary  WOMANa small thin girl or woman who looks like a boy 男孩气的瘦小女子,假小子gamine adjective a gamine hairstyle 假小子的发式
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gamineAt last my boyish figure had acquired some status and a more attractive description: gamine.I think a boyish, childlike figure - that of the gamine - was the one he preferred aesthetically.
Origin gamine (1800-1900) French gamin used for females
ga·mine nounChineseSyllable
like woman girl small or who thin Corpus a looks


gamine
gamine /ˈɡæmiːn/ noun [countable] literary
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: gamin used for females
a small thin girl or woman who looks like a boy
—gamine adjective:
    a gamine hairstyle


gam·ineBrE /ɡæˈmiːn/ 🔊NAmE /ɡæˈmiːn/ 🔊 adjective (formal) (of a young woman 年轻女子) thin and attractive; looking like a boy 娇小迷人的;男孩子气的 gam·ine noun