| 单词 | kittenish |
| 例句 | Discuss some general things with him when he gets kittenish. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Some of them even managed a cuddly, kittenish mew. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a few minutes early one week and entered the office to find Agent Samson doing her job on Garth Barclay, a slight, kittenish boy I'd met back in the fourth grade. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Nichole, meanwhile, kittenishly slinked, purred and growled her way through the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.” 'The Voice' recap: The 'Rock Ballerina' takes her final bow 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Isabelle is her junior, and Christine appears to be mentoring her; but also attempting to get kittenishly close emotionally, while remaining dishonest and manipulative. Love Crime – review 2012-12-13T22:00:18Z Mr. Copping focused on kittenish tweed suits and knits with lingerie effects, and silk evening dresses with corsages or seams left partly unstitched so that the clothes seemed a little drippy. Fashion Review: The Cavalry Can?t Save Them 2010-03-06T03:11:00Z Her voice was a mezzo marvel, kittenish or growling and, in later life, acquired the viscosity and vintage of an old ruby port, matured after years of experience. Sheila Burrell obituary 2011-07-27T17:41:02Z All together, the vision of femininity soft girls evoke can be seen as dispiritingly retrograde – a kittenish broadcast of reductive tropes from a generation older feminists probably hoped would grow up more enlightened. TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z They are advertised as “genuine jailbait” and “braless,” and presented to the world as kittenish tigresses — not role models but fetish objects. Movie Review | 'The Runaways': Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart as Rock ?n? Roll Idols 2010-03-18T22:06:00Z Blond and kittenish, she is so effortlessly charismatic that the couples on either side kept leaning over to suggest new delicacies for her to order. ‘Sweetbitter’ Is a Coming-of-Age Story, With Wine Pairings 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z From start to finish she’s the kittenish vixen whose sexual pliancy hides an iron will. Festivals In Review: Warring Relatives and Joking Rabbis 2011-01-15T00:29:04Z She’s never more convincing than in a kittenish mode, radiating contentment or innocent yearning. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-26T21:57:00Z The clothes were quintessential Dior: smart-looking jackets in wool plaids, cute skirts with platform boots, kittenish furs worked with ribbon, and lingerie-inspired evening clothes. On the Runway: For Dior, the Show Goes On 2011-03-04T15:58:30Z The famous Decca audition tape, available on the “Anthology “ project of the mid-nineties, really is terrible, or at least uninspired, full of kittenish covers and ragged sound. George The Fifth 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Her demure and kittenish dresses gave way to tart frocks that accentuated a cleavage impressive on a woman of any size, let alone one barely larger than a doll. A Bad Girl With a Touch of Genius 2011-07-27T21:06:38Z After striking a few kittenish poses for the photographers in the lobby, Ms. Goldwyn swept upstairs in her Bottega Veneta woven raffia cocktail dress to make the rounds. Liz Goldwyn, Hollywood Royal Family Member, Takes to Filmmaking 2014-01-12T02:48:43Z As ever, her sound was idiosyncratic and personal, and her characterization was more kittenish than fiery and jealous during a first act that lumbered and flailed at times. Music Review: ?Tosca,? With Tinkering, Cooler Tempers and a Fill-In Tenor 2011-01-11T22:13:44Z As a performer she shares certain qualities associated with her subject: an ability to make the crassest vulgarities sound like crystalline repartee, an earthy glamour and a preening, kittenish imperiousness that’s somehow warmly endearing. Theater Review: ‘I’ll Eat You Last,’ Starring Bette Midler 2013-04-25T02:00:01Z She was striking looking, with kittenish features, and her Web site gave her age as 22. | Critic?s Notebook: The 48 Hours That Define Fashion Week - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-15T00:07:41Z Seductively kittenish, Gardner lives up to her profane reputation. Review: In 'Ava,' Elizabeth McGovern casts a spell at Geffen Playhouse as a classic Hollywood femme fatale 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z You could not call her kittenish: she was nobody’s pet, nobody’s plaything. For Diana Rigg, playing the smartest person in the room was second nature 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Her earrings make Lynton Crosby’s “dead cat” manoeuvre look kittenish by comparison. Why we should all be afraid of Ivanka Trump's mismatched earrings 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Friedan — large, unkempt, kittenish as a Greyhound bus — was a one-woman repudiation of femininity. The woman who encouraged women to be girly on the path to equality 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z "I know--I know," she purred, with kittenish gestures of overweening joy. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Sara evidently had no notion that her Robert could imply a resort to arms, or she would not be purring in this kittenish fashion. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Could she who had been sprightly and kittenish, be so athirst for another woman's blood? The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Perhaps, however it may be that it comes from their kittenish "kittly-cattly" ways, for you never know what a vessel will do, until you have tried her. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z One of them, a cunning, kittenish little creature, named Amaretta, only six years old, has a remarkably sweet voice. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z With a movement almost as kittenish as Agla�'s, he joined the group. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He talked with a kittenish banter in his voice as if he were patting a child of five on the head. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z As he reached the porch, a lady of fluffy appearance and kittenish demeanour was delaying a red-tabbed captain who appeared to be endeavouring to escape. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z She had then in perfection that kittenish grace which nothing—neither captivity nor the sight of the horrible block—ever completely quelled. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The Maestra was seated in the centre of the mat, her limbs drawn up beneath her bright patadyon in a certain kittenish grace. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z The empowered woman is the one looking kittenishly over the male star's shoulder. Gloria Steinem Is Not a Fan of The Playboy Club 2011-08-11T00:01:25Z She would snuggle kittenishly between the empty sheets, an unintelligible sense of immorality—as if it were immoral to sleep alone—lending a luxury to her weariness. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Throckmorton was rather vexed at the charm this kittenish young thing cast over him. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z She seized his hand and drew him with a kittenish skip toward a settee, tripped on a bear rug and would have fallen had not Andy grabbed her. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Sandyface was now a great, great grandmother cat, and more of her progeny than one would care to catalog tranquilly viewed the little girls’ circus or rolled in kittenish frolic on the floor. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z Altogether, his satisfaction was so profound that at times he was positively kittenish, and teased the young lovers with elephantine playfulness. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z You might say that about the unfledged," added O'Hara—"like those kittenish Bacchantes. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z All her merry kittenish ways have disappeared; she walks as a young queen might who has been grossly affronted in open court. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z “The keeper waits to see you, uncle dear,” whispered his late sister’s child, in her soft kittenish way. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z Their ideas of love-making are of the kittenish order—a pat and a scratch, and a pat again. A Traitor's Wooing I presume, my dear, there are people at eighty who condemn the 'kittenish' actions of some at ninety, the same as those of thirty criticise Miss Asquith. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter She was a graceful girl, and while gracefulness is sometimes feline, Letha's was more nearly kittenish. The Ties That Bind Do tell us all about it,” cried a pretty, kittenish little woman whose name I did not know. The Red Symbol Anyway, she hadn't got past the kittenish stage. Side-stepping with Shorty As for Becky Sharp, that kittenish person seldom arouses in me much curiosity. Ivory Apes and Peacocks To an observer who had known of this, there would have been something at once rather pathetic and a good deal grotesque about Finn's present kittenish play with Jess. Finn The Wolfhound He had taken a few drinks of gin and was trying to act kittenish when, in the midst of a cotillion, the widow fell to the floor in an epileptic fit. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew She was fully forty-five, but she was kittenish for her age. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective Still, the idea of him gettin' kittenish was too much of a strain on the mind for me to follow up. Side-stepping with Shorty It was spoken archly, in her most playful, most kittenish manner, and so she was amazed to see his face distorted as if by some violent emotion. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Warrigal fled--for ten paces, wheeling round then, in kittenish fashion, and stooping till her muzzle touched the ground between her fore feet. Finn The Wolfhound Let’s teach her to be kittenish and playful.” The Madcap of the School And he surprised himself by a tenderness for the winsome, kittenish thing, who, for his sake, laid aside her fripperies and, to the amazement of her relatives, joined the Society of Friends. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The plump lady developed exceedingly kittenish manners late in the evening, and invited the whole company to share her tent. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Siwash always forgets how old he is, and begins to act kittenish, and I never know what to do. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley But the hostess, instead of calling for the police, gushed, "So glad you could come!" combining a kittenish mechanical smile for him with a glance over his shoulder at the temporary butler. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The idea of the serious-minded Veronica developing a bubbling or kittenish manner was too much for them. The Madcap of the School Poor Susannah being the youngest—the youthful side of sixty—and inclined to be kittenish and giddy, is very rarely “Susie.” The Mistress of Shenstone But Mrs. Handy, who was steaming the wrinkles out of her face, and assuming more or less kittenish airs in her late thirties, never offered the town an explanation. In Our Town “But from an Englishwoman trying to be kittenish,” he fervently added, “good Lord, deliver us all!” The Prairie Mother She looked very young and, slight as she was, her figure was prettily rounded and she had a soft, kittenish gracefulness; but she spoke with the assurance of a dowager. The Long Portage "I don't believe in such coincidences," said Aurora, dryly; for in spite of her fluffy, kittenish looks, she was a very practical person. The Opal Serpent It sprawled kittenishly, its deceptive softness faintly suggesting fur; at once playful and destructive. Greener Than You Think The great creatures seemed so mild and gentle, and played with one another in such kittenish fashion, that even Rosy Posy felt no fear of them. Marjorie's Busy Days It would be as bad as an elephant trying to be kittenish and about as absurd as one of your dinosauria getting up and trying to do a two-step. The Prairie Mother A little kitten came up out of the garden and said something kittenish to me, and then I heard a muffled step within. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska She was pretty and kittenish, with fluffy hair and an eternal smile. The Opal Serpent She was liable to lean up against you in a playful, kittenish kind of a way, and cave in most of your ribs. From Place to Place She reminded us kittenishly that the guides were capricious, and that we must all help by merging ourselves in the great flowing currents of absolute infinity. Sense from Thought Divide "Why she's qualified for an old ladies' home," says I. "You don't mean to say she's got kittenish at her age." Shorty McCabe The fighting blood in Alec made him resolve to change that adjective to "kittenish" before he had ridden her many times. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Thus it came about that she watched Mr. Grexon Hay for many a long day and night, and he never suspected the pretty, fluffy, kittenish Miss Qian was in reality an emissary of the law. The Opal Serpent Edith has told me, though I’d suspected something for a long, long time, you rogue,” and she fetched him another kittenish clip with the fan. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." And Anna, she flashes them high-powered eyes of hers at me kittenish. The House of Torchy Ever see a hundred-and-eighty-pound fairy with a double chin turn kittenish? Shorty McCabe In playfulness Mr. Arnold perhaps surpasses the Doctor, but then the latter’s playfulness is always leonine, whilst Mr. Arnold’s is surely, sometimes, just a trifle kittenish. Obiter Dicta Second Series Dessay he never saw a man or boy before, and he’s a young one perhaps, and a bit kittenish. Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco “I think Dinny’s right, boys,” said Mr Rogers, as he looked at the clumsy young leopard, which had a peculiarly heavy kittenish aspect. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers She must have had misbehavin' eyes and a kittenish disposition, for she seems to fall for this disguised New Yorker at first sight. Torchy and Vee Her eyes were rolled up real kittenish, too. Shorty McCabe Once there was a kittenish Senorita condemned to dwell in a Piccolo Town out on a Spur Division of the Dinkusville Short Line. Knocking the Neighbors "But when we are kittenish we don't make the world think we are young; we only make it think that we think we are young, which is quite a different thing." The Farringdons She appears to like talking sense, and she has humour, far more subtle than the mere, kittenish sense of fun which belongs to her years—or lack of them. Set in Silver But cute and kittenish from the tip of her double A pumps to the floppy hat brim which only half hides a dangerous pair of eyes. Torchy and Vee But presently, noting the Professor's kindly face assuming a puzzled expression as he watched his wife's kittenish demeanour, the Skeptic desisted. A Court of Inquiry "She has added years to your life; the gay flitting-about Sophy, with her pretty kittenish ways and harmless claws, has been thrust in a sack—and drowned!" The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma And they finished with a gentle pat on his cheek and a momentary, kittenish rumpling of his hair. The Hidden Places She does too, and cuddles up kittenish as we lands at the porte coch�re. On With Torchy She was a young, soft creature, very pretty in a kittenish fashion, both sensuous and helpless. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story This object is not to be accomplished by adopting juvenile dress and kittenish ways. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Cherry was her father's own daughter, and, with all her kittenish softness, had a very decided will of her own. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot Too much modulation produces an unpleasant effect of artificiality, like a mature matron trying to be kittenish. The Art of Public Speaking Then to hear her rattle on in her cute, kittenish way was better'n a cabaret show. On With Torchy The little kittenish gesture and the solemn phrase! The Hoyden Me an' Bud's never been what you might call real kittenish an' playful together. The Definite Object A Romance of New York Amaretta the younger, a cunning, kittenish little creature of only six years old, had a remarkably sweet voice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 She brisked up with a kittenish purr when disturbed, and remarked that the Hengishire air was like champagne. Red Money She is weak in the upper story, but is, on the whole, a nice girl, and very pretty, too, with her black eyes, and brilliant color, and kittenish ways. Tracy Park Mrs. Ellsworthy was plump, and round, and pretty—kittenish some people called her. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls "Everybody can be my witness that I have kept my candle burning in my small corner——" "Good gracious," shrieked the kittenish mother. Living Alone Only Tom Skip-an'-jump, who still kept his kittenish tricks, went frisking after his tail and turning somersaults in the hay. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies The old lady is right kittenish about that; shows it to everyone, in spite of the fact that it makes her out of been leading an obliquitous life, or something, for about thirty-eight years. Ma Pettengill There was a deal more in Mrs. Stapleton besides the kittenish qualities. The Necromancers When the ancient dame saw Mr. Kasson and me talking after dinner, she said to us with a kittenish smile, "Husbands and wives mustn't talk together." The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 But Betty? what was the secret of her kittenish, teasing ways—or was there any secret? Marcella She envied the woman by her side, and envied her because she was lightsome, thoughtless, kittenish, simple, unripe. Leonora As Stella climbed into the saddle, Hatrack gave two or three kittenish jumps, and the crowd yelled. Ted Strong's Motor Car Curiosity killed a cat, and although I don't feel exactly kittenish, I refuse to take any chances. Left Tackle Thayer All the same, he was quite fond of her, the small kittenish thing. Lady Connie He squandered all his fortune, but did not succeed, poor fellow, in driving out of his brain the image of the beloved woman with the kittenish face . Love He observed her slowly-changing point of view: how from a kittenish ingenuousness she became serious, womanly, really sincere. The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 It was remarkable, he considered, how old and mature Helen could be when she chose, and how kittenish when she chose. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) He came out to meet them in the garden and nervousness made him kittenish and arch. Witness for the Defense Miss Pecksniff sat upon a stool because she was all girlishness, and playfulness, and wildness, and kittenish buoyancy. Martin Chuzzlewit The kittenish face puckered up and began blinking its eyes as though expecting a slap. Love I was going to be so nice and kittenish and do all my prettiest tricks for him, to help Val with his oil company. The Flirt He cultivated utility in other ways, and it pleased and flattered him to feel that he could afford, morally speaking, to have a kittenish wife. Confidence She had left them a merry, kittenish child. Viviette The London lady entered the room with a mincing, kittenish affectation of carriage, casting bold smirks about her, like an Italian dancer. In the Valley Her face was beginning to lose the kittenish look, and was, alas! more suggestive of the seal. Love Her almost pretty, not too clever face was dimpled with kittenish glee. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 A little cold imp sat in the back of Keith's brain and criticised sardonically; Why will big women persist in being kittenish? The Gray Dawn "His career is yours, you know," kittenishly bromidic, Emelene comforted her. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors When in the name of 750,000 gods of reason will I ever learn enough to stay at home and go to bed instead of searching kittenishly for diversion in neighborhood movie and vaudeville houses? A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Patches of red came out of her cheeks, her eyes swelled, and tears flowed down her kittenish face. Love Adj. infantine†, infantile; puerile; boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish; baby; newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow. in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings; at the breast; in one's teens. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases And there is Jones's young wife, a charming woman, who is dragging her husband into debt with the same kittenish irresponsibility. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough She appeared to have it fixed she wanted to be kittenish. The Belted Seas He liked the kittenish young creature all the more because her repartee was often a little cutting. What Can She Do? No one in Maxim's so gay and kittenish and coy as she! Her Weight in Gold And a child it seemed she would ever be, with her kittenish ways, quick impulses, and swiftly alternating moods. Taken Alive Why, uncle laughed at a kitten the other day because it was kittenish, but he has always wanted me to behave with the solemnity of an old cat. Miss Lou ‘Pass Byron,’ said Mrs. Beecher, who was a very pretty little kittenish person, with no apparent need of any cosmetics, literary or otherwise. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus They seem quite a kittenish and playful lot, rather inclined to accomplish their ends by playing wild pranks than by resorting to more austere measures. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Well, Warren's soft, simple heart had been touched by all that endearing kittenish confidence, by Magsie's belief that he was the richest and cleverest and most powerful of men. The Heart of Rachael At the same time she seemed preternaturally gay, kittenish, spoiled. The Titan Dexter seemed to divine his coming and broke into a kittenish gallop until he reached the Methodist Church. Merton of the Movies She had been a kittenish and petted person in her youth, perhaps, and now she petted herself, after she had long ceased to be a kitten. The Kentons 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 The little kitten, feasting her eyes on him, seemed ready at any moment to start her gambols again and display her kittenish nature. War and Peace A kittenish grace in these things, which is pleasant in so old a cat. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 "He's a bit standoffish with her," I overheard one lady remark to her husband; "I like to see 'em a bit kittenish myself." Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow His accomplished wife, forcing her high spirits on everybody's attention with a sort of kittenish playfulness, intensified the depressing effect of the general dullness by all the force of the strongest contrast. My Lady's Money |
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