| 单词 | vixenish |
| 例句 | Mr. Wu has lately shed the froth of his earlier efforts and introduced a more vixenish sex appeal. Fashion Review: Jason Wu, Rag & Bone and Suno Show at New York Fashion Week 2014-02-10T00:14:58Z More than a little late, to be honest; imagine spending the majority of two decades as the topic of late-night punchlines or having your name be synonymous with vixenish, predatory sexual behavior. The jagged hindsight of “The Clinton Affair”: 20 years later, it looks like a different story 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Moshfegh’s sentences are piercing and vixenish, each one a kind of orphan. A Sleeping Beauty Hopes Hibernation Is the Answer to All Life’s Problems 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z “Moshfegh’s sentences are piercing and vixenish, each one a kind of orphan. She plays interestingly with substance and illusion, with dread and solace on the installment plan.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Embodied in the diminutive frame of Susan Lucci, Erica has gone from vixenish teen to grande dame, and along the way the actress has gained notoriety as the losingest woman in awards history. Goodbye, Erica Kane, feminist pioneer 2011-04-15T15:29:00Z The performance makes a convincing case that vixenish wiles have no expiration date. Review: In 'Ava,' Elizabeth McGovern casts a spell at Geffen Playhouse as a classic Hollywood femme fatale 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The young man spoke firmly yet pleasantly; and he looked and smiled at this ugly vixenish customer as though she had been young, gracious, and beautiful. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z It only remains in my memory now as a coarse outburst of vixenish temper, made prominent by after events. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z It is given to the small to be querulous and vixenish. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Manolita, a vixenish little thing, with black eyes, and a wide mouth full of beautiful teeth, asked him what o'clock it was. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z I did not believe that she was vixenish at heart. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z The little brute was so ill-tempered and vixenish, and so determined not to stay, that I opened the door and threw her out about half an hour after I left you.” The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Miss Furness was, of course, the first to recover herself, and step forward in a vixenish manner, just as if she would have liked to bite. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z Vasari, who was at one time a pupil of Andrea, describes her as faithless, jealous, overbearing, and vixenish with the apprentices. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z There was a vixenish, sore-mouthed mare pulling us, and all went well until we reached the top of the rise. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Chriss gave him a vixenish look, but her aunt's presence proved a restraining influence. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The old lady's eyes assumed a vixenish expression and her smile widened till it was a sly, almost diabolical grin. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z Victoria's satisfaction was more vixenish; she, the outlaw, the outcast, had wrested from Society enough money to indulge in the luxury of promoting a marriage, converting the illegal into the legal, creating respectability. A Bed of Roses I said, but she insisted, and her eyes gleamed with a sudden vixenish anger. Captain Macedoine's Daughter She dreaded the vixenish Miss Sugg less than the too complaisant manager. The Bartlett Mystery He was one of those not very uncommon men who, personally amiable, become merely vixenish when they write: and his erudition was much more extensive than sound. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) “I’ll wager her complexion needs a veil,” she muttered, with vixenish glee. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time There was a note of uncertainty in her voice, and Peg's blue eyes gleamed with a vixenish light as she settled herself comfortably beside Forrester. The Beggar Man “More phantom lover, I suppose,” she told herself crossly; she threw the little scrap of paper into the fire and watched it burn with a sort of vixenish delight. The Phantom Lover Hang it," said Mr. Motley, "I wish I could!—This vixenish old craft is behaving with a great deal too much suavity to suit my notions. Say and Seal, Volume II A vixenish landlady from the midst of a group of screaming children cried to me, “You can’t have a bed, you can have straw.” A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France He offered his hand to her, sheepishly, and she gave it a vixenish slap. That Girl Montana "We won't speak to her!" cried Helen, in a somewhat vixenish tone. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers They are vixenish plagues of character that distinguish me from more conventional saints. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance As she grew older, her tawny hair was not unlike a red fox's brush in its bright golden-brown hue, and her temper proved decidedly vixenish. Vixen, Volume I. As for you"—she turned in a vixenish manner on Anne—"I hope you will be put in gaol some day. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Indeed! indeed!" she said gently, "I do deserve your contempt, Sir, for my shrewishness and vixenish ways. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days There is Tom Smart’s “vixenish mare,” quite an intelligent character in her way. Pickwickian Studies Finally, there was Olga Tarentino, whose blonde stateliness might prove dangerous, so long as she could keep from a betrayal of her vixenish temper. The Genius Lady Tester is a refutation of the theory, which must have been invented by a vixenish woman who was not clever. The Path Of Duty It reflects on the postmistress somewhat that she had generally found them out by next day, when, if in a specially vixenish mood, she did not hesitate to upbraid them for their perfidy. Auld Licht Idylls When he gave me his switch, the vixenish animal came at once into subjection to save herself a good whipping. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem When Mrs. Vine, a very vile, vinegar-tongued, vixenish virago, abused her neighbors to the wee, wiry, weird, widow woman, the Widow Wiggins' wonderful cat would mew. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls By-and-by the shrill vixenish cries rose louder, he caught the sound of voices in altercation, and of hoarse orders: and slowly and reluctantly the babel seemed to pass away. The Long Night It was really a sad blow to be told that that disagreeable, vixenish trumpeter, who awakened the workers each morning, was so closely related to him. The Tale of Buster Bumblebee She has always had the name of ruling her husband, and her scowling, swarthy visage, and evil-looking eyes, seem to substantiate her claim to possessing strong, vixenish proclivities. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland But I do not know that I am under any obligation to meet her, so I think I shall prefer the company of your vixenish little mare. Wych Hazel The deacon's wife grew sick, and the vile, vinegar-tongued, vixenish virago said that the deacon was an old brute. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls The figure was a warped and withered caricature, the face that of a hag, a creature vixenish and viperish, and mean and crafty. A Man and a Woman There came a vixenish gleam into the old woman's faded eyes. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel I expect she is only an Anglicised Fräulein,' observed Jill, with a vixenish look. Uncle Max Vain, deceitful, fickle creatures, the girls be when they're young; but once let them get a hold on you, your ring on their finger, and they turn into vixenish, snarling women! Verner's Pride And so the vile, vixenish virago wished the cat was dead. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls The way the "Thunderer" cuts me up Is vixenish—as vain. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 14, 1892 The slaves, silent when the greenish eyes and tight, vixenish face were by, chattered, laughed, and sung when they were left alone. Audrey "But suppose I want to brush my teeth?" inquired Cervera, with a vixenish light in her evil eyes. With Links of Steel She was vixenish, she was selfish, she was dishonest and grasping; but she was religious. The End of the World A Love Story I never met anyone with such an absolutely vixenish and uncontrolled temper. Greatheart The Japanese woman's face develops a compressed look which leaves the features a mere mask, and acquires very often a furtive glance, as of a sharp-fanged animal half-tamed by fear, something weasel-like or vixenish. Kimono Was she dark or light, short or tall, plain of feature or beautiful, amiable of temper or vixenish? Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy "And all I regret is," added the vixenish Spaniard, "that the bullet of my watchman did not end your villainous life." With Links of Steel Played it from the moment he entered his house until the moment he daily disappeared, astride the vixenish undersized cayuse. Where the Trail Divides Her eyes turned, and she fixed a vixenish look upon Miss Eunice. Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 He laughed then, for the first time that day, and if Evadna had been in a less vixenish temper she would have laughed with him just as everyone else always did. Good Indian There are scores of men--at least, so I have been told--eager to marry this princess, who do not even know that she is not hideous to look upon and vixenish in temper. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy I shouldn't make it one of your hoity-toity vixenish viragoes. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Mrs. Sowerberry emerged from a little room behind the shop, and presented the form of a short, then, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish countenance. Oliver Twist The warrior even went to Momaya's husband, who, in turn, having little authority over the vixenish lady of his choice, went to Mbonga, the chief. Jungle Tales of Tarzan She was perfectly conscious that she was behaving like a vixenish child, but she could not restrain herself. Sir George Tressady — Volume II Other people's children are brought up politely and properly, and not in this vixenish style of yours. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books The tones of her voice and the expression of her face were so exactly like those of a scolding, vixenish woman that she caused many a hearty laugh by her tirades. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others That is a very silly name, and I suppose she is a vixenish little idiot. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes It reflects on the post-mistress somewhat that she had generally found them out by next day, when, if in a specially vixenish mood, she did not hesitate to upbraid them for their perfidy. Auld Licht Idyls Fred broke off abruptly, for his father entered very quietly, and with a look so at variance with his usual cold reserve, that even his vixenish and very silly wife observed it. The Old Homestead The lantern gleamed on the child's huddled form, the frowning brow, the great vixenish eyes. The History of David Grieve As she stood by his side behind the bar, although she was tremulous with excitement, the look with which she had faced the crowd was rather vixenish than frightened. The Duke of Stockbridge At a dinner at Delmonico's, after the bottle had made its tenth round, one of the company proposed this toast: "To the man whose wife was never vixenish to him!" Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way For as Donald approached the inn-door, the hostess, a sharp-nosed, vixenish woman, charged at him with a very dirty besom and routed him completely. The Yeoman Adventurer She has a vixenish temper at times; is always on the alert for fancied slights; is by no means cleanly, unless under duress; and does not hesitate to foment subjects of quarrel. Tropic Days Onaelia, the forsaken lady, is so vixenish that she moves our sympathies only in a moderate degree. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 It is perhaps worth noting that there was nothing at all foxy or vixenish in her appearance. Lady into Fox "She's getting a—a vixenish," declared Mr. Bill, mopping his expansive white waistcoat. The Battle Ground But Mrs. Martha was in an unexampled state of vixenish crossness, and snapped venomously at mild Mrs. Beckett for the kindest offers of sparing Charlotte to assist her in her multiplied labours. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 "Handsome is as handsome does," returned Tina, in rather a vixenish tone. Herb of Grace She was in her most vixenish mood, full of life and fight. The Man of the Forest He was a big, fair man, with loosely hung limbs, and his wife—poor little baggage—had been a tiny creature, vixenish at her worst, kittenish at her best. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy She was a brainless, vixenish girl, but the memory of her eyes would always draw me back to her. They and I Amy put out her toe and studied it with vixenish satisfaction. The Choir Invisible Certainly not—after the vixenish manner in which you handed the bedroom candle to Miss Melbury. Little Novels |
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