| 单词 | hoydenish |
| 例句 | Slyly, she begins by underplaying the grand lady affectations; she’s a Dolly who might really have lived on the Lower East Side, who still has an accent and a coarse, hoydenish swagger. When You Switch Up on a (Broadway) Star 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Required to range from the hoydenish to the blithe, she rises to it with a performance that is alert, funny and deliciously un-twee. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ? review 2011-03-01T01:50:25Z Though undeniably seductive, the tall, willowy and hoydenish Ms. Best, a reigning goddess of the London stage, couldn’t pass for Taylor even in dim light. London Theater Journal: A Weekend of Hedonism and Hope 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Next to Ally sprawls Cilly, an amorphous schoolgirl with long rippling hair and great grey eyes that are alternately full of shy inquiry and hoydenish exuberance. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The square below was crowded with men and boys, and even some hoydenish girls, many in fantastic masks and gaudy dominos, while the tiers of balconies were thronged with eager spectators. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z She fancied, though Mr. Strong had never used the word, that the "Novum's" editor found Miss Belchamber just a little hoydenish. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z We must have been a great trial to her, because we were a noisy, hoydenish lot. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z "Not so very awkward, and not shy at all, but a big overgrown girl, who may one day be an attractive woman, when she is toned down and less crude and hoydenish." Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z “Isn’t it terrible how hoydenish some girls are?” she asked audibly. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z The elder sister, standing apart, had neither eyes nor ears for this bit of hoydenish play. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Most important of all, however, was the departure of Count Las Cases, who had never failed to frown on Betsy's hoydenish pranks. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Louisa, poor little soul, in her happy, hoydenish childhood, found time one day in a fit of mentality to set down in black and white her chief faults. Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott "Oh, yes," I said, trying to recall the rather hoydenish children I had seen on the motor trip to Billings' home five years before. The Haunted Pajamas Thank them, and good-by, and please don’t ever come and bother her again with their hoydenish ways. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z They call her fascinating; I believe that rather hoydenish manner of hers, all those dashing airs, and that 'loud' style of dress and doings, take some men by storm. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir You are a bit hoydenish in your ways, and it grieves me. A Daughter of the Union I really began to think that the only hoydenish people I had ever seen were ladies and gentlemen. That Boy Of Norcott's This brought the two into conversation; when Jean, with a somewhat hoydenish advance, inquired if “he had yet got any of the lasses to like him as well as his dog?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) He now saw her hoydenish, flirty, and ungraceful, with beauty of a very unrefined style—in fact, a different person. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 There was no touch of coarseness in her rollicking laughter, no hoydenish swagger in her masquerading; it was all subtly, irresistibly feminine. Seven Miles to Arden The two looked at each other for a moment, and then the stately woman and the hoydenish girl, with one accord, burst out laughing. 'Lizbeth of the Dale She was ever a care-free, undisciplined creature, snapping her shapely fingers at bad weather, and riding for preference without a saddle—as hoydenish a girl as one could encounter on a day's march. Terribly Intimate Portraits In the main I agree with this definition; though I am inclined to think that the mara is, in reality, less hoydenish and more subtle and complex than public opinion would have us believe. Werwolves The mother often stood lost in wonder that out of an ordinary childhood, a barelegged, romping, hoydenish childhood, this marvel should emerge: her’s! The Place of Honeymoons She had emerged from the awkwardness and heaviness of the hoydenish age. The Fighting Edge “I’m the kid,” said she with a musical laugh; “and I’m afraid I haven’t quite outgrown my hoydenish tendencies even yet.” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man For Gerard was a very serious and thoughtful boy, and Sharley, though in outside ways she seemed rather wild and hoydenish, was really very clever and very wise, to be only the age she was. My New Home The careful mother restrains, tempers, and abolishes the hoydenish habits of her “tom-boy” girl early in life, and turns her thoughts toward feminine pursuits and desires. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire My mission will be to bring order out of chaos—to reduce all those who entertain rebellion to submission—to try to turn vulgar, hoydenish little girls into ladies.” Girls of the Forest It was at once reported to Miss Woodhull and Beverly was informed that “such hoydenish actions should be relegated to the uncultured herd.” A Dixie School Girl She had the most unbounded admiration for her stately, handsome grandmother, who by some strange attraction of opposites, had an especially soft place in her heart for her hoydenish little namesake. Cricket at the Seashore As I walked in I saw, perched on the high stool in front of the type case, a little hoydenish figure with flying hair—Myrtle Coombs, the hammer-and-tongs printer. Land of the Burnt Thigh She has dropped that hoydenish, tomboyish manner that was so offensive when she returned from the ranch. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's Amelia appears more listless and affected than ever by the side of her, and Charlotte’s hoydenish romping seems worse and more vulgar. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Every time she works over toward my side of the stage, she makes little hoydenish remarks to me in her native language. From Place to Place It clutched her shawl in hoydenish jest, tore one end of it free from her grasp, and ran its invisible, icy fingers down her neck. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands These hoydenish manners, these ridiculous expeditions, these scampers all over the country, must be renounced forthwith. Kate Coventry An Autobiography She would be as dignified and gracious as the Princess herself; not at all like the hoydenish child of eleven who had waved her sunbonnet at him in parting three years before. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor Few knew that this wild, hoydenish, half-mad humour, was only superinduced over her real character, for the purpose of—getting well married. St. Ronan's Well Or the more hoydenish ones delighted to work in the fields with their brothers, enjoying the outdoor life. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Over all was now an expression of hoydenish mirth that bespoke the complete forgetfulness of serious things that only comes to young girls. The Lion's Brood She was primitive enough in her instincts to feel a trifle glad of having retaliated in what her training compelled her to consider a "perfectly hoydenish" manner. North of Fifty-Three Their range, between the extremes of the demure and the hoydenish, is greater. The Friendships of Women Alice, as a rather hoydenish school girl, home for the summer, played havoc with the admirers of the romantic Ruth, who seemed to fill the rôle to perfection. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas Very romping, was it not? very hoydenish? yes certainly. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes She chattered with an abandon that scandalized Barbara; broke in and interrupted every argument with hoydenish trivialities, in one breath, to appeal to Garry the next for refutation. Then I'll Come Back to You But presently Annie was rudely pushed out of her seat by a hoydenish girl, who, arriving late, had stood outside the door till the prayer was over, and then entered unperceived during the subsequent confusion. Alec Forbes of Howglen Stately in satin, or simple in gingham, or deliciously hoydenish in fishing-clothes, they challenged his surprised attention. Molly Make-Believe The elder boy disapproved of his hoydenish sister, and sought at all times to shame her tempestuous nature by insistence on decorum in their relations. The Parts Men Play Other riders of her sex might be rough, hoydenish, or masculine. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story His manners were hoydenish, but there was nothing of the clown about him. The Survivor Your manners," Lady Caroom told him, as the last of her guests departed, "are simply hoydenish. A Prince of Sinners Her elder sister, Madie, appears to have been hoydenish and somewhat uncongenial to a young lady so determined to be "genteel." A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 It was a hoydenish trick, but Kitty had enacted it for Lord Monckton's benefit. The Voice in the Fog Merely stricken dumb by the vibrant power of the voice, vaguely uneasy, vaguely saddened, group after group of hoydenish youngsters huddled in speechless fascination around the dark edges of the hall. Little Eve Edgarton She was sitting in the President's chair, coaxing some of the hoydenish blossoms into place, when the House Surgeon looked in a moment later. The Primrose Ring "Now, Jacquelina," said Mrs. L'Oiseau, "you must cure yourself of these hoydenish tricks of yours before you expose them to your uncle—remember how whimsical and eccentric he is." The Missing Bride They were shouting sorry jests at half a dozen hoydenish women who looked out of the windows of a building raised on pillars over a well, known as Carnaby's Folly. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance I can imagine that she spoke Rosalind's lines beautifully, and that her clear gray eyes and frank manner, too well-bred to be hoydenish, must have been of great value. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections For the authenticity of the former he now cared not a jot, and he threw the book aside vowing that its hoydenish heroine was unbearable and he would read no more. A Mere Accident What a capital name Veronica Trollope would be for a hoydenish young woman in a society novel! Ponkapog Papers He spoke of his house in Picardy, and there were moments, I gathered, when he became the declared lover, to be rebuffed with a hoydenish shyness. Mr. Standfast This brought the two into conversation; when Jean, with a somewhat hoydenish advance, inquired if "he had yet got any of the lasses to like him as well as his dog?" Familiar Studies of Men and Books He has said since that he thought me at the Queen's Theater charming and individual as a woman, but as an actress hoydenish! The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections If the chief character is of the other sex we are dragged through her dreamy girlhood, or hoydenish. Fanny Herself Up and down the crowded hall she raced, a hoydenish little tom-boy, drunk with youth, with freedom, and with the pent-up vitality of years. Calvary Alley Sometimes even its passions, reveries, and hoydenish freaks continue. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene Now don't slide down the banisters, or do anything hoydenish. Marjorie's New Friend He showed a particular fancy for Merle, whose robuster constitution allowed her to tear about with him and indulge in some rather hoydenish performances. Monitress Merle He was lost in her; he played little tricks on her and trembled with the tenderest affection for this hoydenish girl who wasn't even full grown. Shallow Soil I knew a hoydenish little gypsy who bore the tearful name of Lagrimas. Castilian Days Furthermore, she ceased to be the raggle-taggle, hoydenishly clad Mayme of the cash department, and, having been promoted to saleswoman, quite went in for dress. From a Bench in Our Square You have put me to shame many a time by your hoydenish tricks; but I bore with you, believing that your madcap follies were at least harmless. Phantom Fortune, a Novel By some curious sleight in hurling the missiles, they seemed to be thrown on board by some hoydenish sea-nymphs outside the frigate. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Though not destitute of womanly qualities, she was more remarkable for hoydenish ones; and her tastes were peculiar and varied. Peter's Mother These garments are not "becoming" to the little girl, and they are a distinct hindrance to her hoydenish activities. The American Child Come on, girls, we'll have one more good game before the family begin to hint I'm too old for such hoydenish tricks. Betty Gordon in Washington She burst into a loud, hoydenish laugh as Loveday tried to stammer something about a friend of her own. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume The angular, gawky feeling gradually disappears; the girl becomes self-conscious; new impulses arise, and she gives up many of the hoydenish ways of childhood. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene She was periodically banished to distant schools by a mother who disliked romping and hoydenish little girls, as much as she doted on fat and wheezing lap-dogs. Peter's Mother There was a vein of humor, and a spirit of "don't care" in Mrs. Carleton, which had once made her independent, and almost hoydenish. After a Shadow and Other Stories The thought of it aroused all her natural honesty and serious nobleness of character, which lay deep under the almost hoydenish levity usually observable in her manner. Alice of Old Vincennes Too hoydenish and forward, I am afraid; too fond of speaking the truth. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Her principal charm was a laughing, hoydenish countenance and roguish eyes. The Titan He struggled angrily, impatiently, reproachfully, and then, with a sudden characteristic weakness that seemed as much of a revelation as her once hoydenish manner, kissed it, when she let it drop. A First Family of Tasajara Self-willed and thoughtless—even rude and hoydenish—we may think her in these days of gentler manners and more guarded speech. Historic Girls |
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