boyish

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boy·ish /ˈbɔɪ-ɪʃ/ adjectiveadj

CHILDsomeone who is boyish looks or behaves like a boy in a way that is attractive 男孩似的，男孩子气的 → girlish

boyish good looks

小男孩般的漂亮外貌

At 45, she still had a trim boyish figure.

45岁的她依然保持着男孩般的匀称身材。

—boyishly adverbadv

boyishly handsome

小男孩般俊秀的

—boyishness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

boyish• His artlessness was boyish and so were his acuteness and his transparent but somewhat belated good sense.• Thor cut through their courteous offerings of hospitality with a boyish challenge.• Pale ears beneath a boyish crewcut were pricked up alertly.• There was the boyish enthusiasm and raw speed of Maurice Greene and the quiet, understated professionalism of the unbeatable Michael Johnson.• Chuck has blond hair and a smooth boyish face.• Even his classic boyish looks seem to proclaim his good humour and openness.• Peter Frechette plays Peter as emerging into manhood from a scruffy, boyish petulance.• Still very boyish, smooth and neat; no imbalance yet, he caught a wonderful perfection.• He had an engaging smile, quite boyish, which transformed his otherwise serious face.

boyish figure• At last my boyish figure had acquired some status and a more attractive description: gamine.

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