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pageboy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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page·boy /ˈpeɪdʒbɔɪ/ noun [countable]  1. British EnglishMARRY a boy who helps the bride as part of a wedding ceremony 〔婚礼中陪伴新娘的〕男伴童,小男傧相 bridesmaid2. old-fashionedBODL a young man who works in a hotel, club etc, delivering messages, carrying bags etc 〔酒店、俱乐部等的〕侍童,门童,青年男侍3. DCBa woman’s hairstyle in which very straight hair is cut shorter at the front than at the back, and turned under at the ends 娃娃头〔一种发梢向内卷曲的女式直短发〕
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pageboyWhat Ida Rebecca saw was a frail little creature with her hair cut in the sassy new pageboy bob.Her hair was rolled into a passable pageboy and sometimes tied with a black ribbon.
page·boy nounChineseSyllable
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pageboy
pageboy /ˈpeɪdʒbɔɪ/ noun [countable]
1. British English a boy who helps the bride as part of a wedding ceremony ⇨ bridesmaid
2. old-fashioned a young man who works in a hotel, club etc, delivering messages, carrying bags etc
3. a woman’s hairstyle in which very straight hair is cut shorter at the front than at the back, and turned under at the ends


page·boyBrE /ˈpeɪdʒbɔɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpeɪdʒbɔɪ/ 🔊 noun (also page especially in NAmE ) a small boy who helps or follows a bride during a marriage ceremony 新娘的伴童;小男傧相   compare bridesmaid (also page) (old-fashioned) a boy or young man, usually in uniform, employed in a hotel to open doors, deliver messages for people, etc. (旅馆的)行李员,门童a hairstyle for women in which the hair is shoulder-length and turned under at the ends 女子齐肩内鬈发;扣边女式发型