Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"sorry-looking ""dandyman"
Chinese translation:
垂头丧气/浪荡公子
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Edward LIU
Mar 12, 2004 02:49
20 yrs ago
English term
"sorry-looking ""dandyman"
English to Chinese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
A little bunch of sorry-looking scouts led by a dandyman and a slight boy.
Proposed translations
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4 +1 | 垂头丧气/浪荡公子 | Edward LIU |
3 | 糟糕样子的;可怜样子的;一个打扮得漂亮的男子 | chica nueva |
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糟糕样子的;可怜样子的;一个打扮得漂亮的男子
sorry = terrible (used of the appearance or condition of a person or thing) 糟糕的;可怜 eg He was a sorry sight in his dirty old clothes. 他穿着脏兮兮的旧衣服,一副可怜相.
dandy = a man,especially in the past, who dressed in expensive, fashionable clothes and was very interested in his own appearance eg an upper-class dandy
dandified = looking like a dandy eg An embroidered silk waistcoat contributed to his dandified appearance.
dandy = a man,especially in the past, who dressed in expensive, fashionable clothes and was very interested in his own appearance eg an upper-class dandy
dandified = looking like a dandy eg An embroidered silk waistcoat contributed to his dandified appearance.
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