| 单词 | man-about-town |
| 例句 | Still, it's Rainbow's comedic character — which he describes as "a slightly arrogant, somewhat ignorant, hopefully loveable, part gossip girl, part man-about-town, part vapid social media star"—that has met the present moment so perfectly. Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Plimpton’s misadventures and boozy man-about-town image as editor of The Paris Review seemed the perfect inspiration. Hitchens and Plimpton Inspire ?Bored to Death? 2011-11-02T23:45:06Z Given what we know about Trump’s habits, it’s unlikely he will follow Obama’s lead as a man-about-town. If there’s a Trump bump for restaurants, Georgetown is first in line 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z He is a famous journalist and man-about-town, whose early promise as a novelist was never fulfilled. Cannes 2013: The Great Beauty - first look review 2013-05-21T07:10:06Z Sharif’s professional passion for contract bridge and the demi-monde of the casino — a vocation he pursued in parallel to the movies — gave him the allure of a gambler and man-about-town. Omar Sharif: an exquisite actor whose charisma baffled Hollywood 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z He is a widely photographed man-about-town, D.J.’ing at the Whitney Gala, sitting with Daphne Guinness at a dinner hosted by Interview magazine, and hobnobbing with fashionistas at a handbag party for Balmain. Up Close: Why Isn’t Nate Lowman Man Smiling? 2012-12-26T23:31:13Z He’s always been a difficult boss, and even before the pandemic, he was a man-about-town deal maker — not an office-bound manager. Donald Trump Is Losing His Touch. So Is the TV Producer Who Shaped His Image. 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z "He was a man-about-town, he was a playboy," she says. The people who die alone with no one to mourn them 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z “A man-about-town, obviously, very, very erudite, or however they say that in Oxford. But he says, in his corn-pone, made-up accent, that, ‘Yeah, we closed down, people still died’,” Scarborough said. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough mocks Sen. John Kennedy’s accent after call to reopen US economy 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z In later years, he attended events all over Manhattan and became known for a more extravagant man-about-town nightlife. Sonny Mehta, Knopf publisher who guided millions to great reads, is dead at 77 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z David Koch, who died Friday at the age of 79, is best known as a major funder of right-wing political causes, from tax cuts to deregulation, an enthusiastic patron of the arts and a man-about-town. Opinion | David Koch Was the Ultimate Climate Change Denier 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z But apparently, this did not spell the end of his man-about-town ways. Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer long wondered if he’s related to JFK. At 72, he learned the truth. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z When Donald J. Trump was becoming a household name as a man-about-town in Manhattan in the 1980s, Dr. Trump sent him a letter unabashedly asking him to make a donation to cancer research. Meet the other Donald Trump, whom candidate Trump once called ‘the more important’ one 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “Good looks had been my top – and sometimes, to be honest, my only – priority in my man-about-town days,” he recalled in Trump: Surviving at the Top. Death of a ladies' man: a lifetime of misogyny catches up with Trump 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z She gave parties where George Gershwin and Noël Coward entertained and, accompanied by the novelist and man-about-town Carl Van Vechten, was an enthusiastic visitor to Harlem nightspots. Mrs. Knopf, Invisible Tastemaker 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of President Lincoln’s and dashing man-about-town, took four soldiers and marched into the hotel, up the stairs to the roof, and hauled down the flag. PBS Civil War miniseries ‘Mercy Street’ lives in Alexandria 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Bratton developed a national reputation for bringing down crime and found local fame as a man-about-town, mixing at Elaine’s, the now-defunct Upper East Side restaurant, with the city’s political and cultural leaders. City Room: An Interview With the Next Police Commissioner of New York City 2013-12-24T02:57:11Z In the preface, writing like a fashionable man-about-town, Tutchin describes the lyrics, translations, and satires of this volume as "trifles" which he had let circulate and had now secured "by promising to Print them." Selected Poems (1685-1700) 2011-12-27T03:00:09.253Z Plus there’s a cameo from former San Francisco Mayor and current political consultant/man-about-town Willie Brown. Sean Parker Makes A San Francisco Political Statement --With A Music Video 2011-11-07T18:37:23Z It is of her that I think, and of whom you ought to think—not of your own idle man-about-town whims. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z In this wise the body of Colonel Richard Hargraves, man-about-town, was found lying in the gloom at two o'clock that morning. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z The new show investigates what lay behind Manet's image as an elegant man-about-town. Manet-about-town 2011-04-07T07:59:51Z Plucked at every examination, he was quickly discouraged, returned to his fast companions and gradually drifted into the aimless, loose way of living of the idle man-about-town. By Right of Conquest A Novel He was a man-about-town, living, to all appearances, by his wits. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories The young man-about-town who had nothing to do but amuse himself, who was always "knocking about," as he said, whose business was pleasure, was the kind of being with whom she was acquainted. Sir Tom "No, I'm not a man-about-town like you," I replied, pushing the cigars and the lamp toward him; "the business of living takes up too much of my time." The Romance of a Plain Man Evans was admirably suited with the r�le of a dashing young man-about-town. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Every man-about-town in London knows what a crowd of professional players and blackmailers infest the big hotels, on the look-out for pigeons to pluck. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London Formerly, as any veteran man-about-town can testify, if he will, the female contingent of the party was composed of persons altogether unspeakable. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Sidling up to a well-dressed man-about-town type, Pembroke winked at him and snickered. The Perfectionists Hay, wary man-about-town as he was, noted the flush, and guessed its cause. The Opal Serpent He was a man-about-town, living, to all appearance, by his wits. A Difficult Problem 1900 Chief among the latter was one, whom we may call—as he would say "for euphony"—Will Wyatt; the most perfect specimen of the genus man-about-town in the city. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death That element now remains upon its reservation; among the superior advantages enjoyed by the man-about-town of today is that of the companionship, at his dinner in camera, of ladies having an honorable vocation. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 But Lieutenant Gregoriev of the imperial guard, man-about-town and nephew of Countess Dravikine, could afford to laugh at his childish ideas of a "manly" existence. The Genius But it never crossed his mind that Hay was anything else but what he appeared to be—a man-about-town with a sufficient income to live upon comfortably. The Opal Serpent Being all made up as a very common type of man-about-town," continued this striking-looking stranger, "they would pass unnoticed anywhere. The Sins of Séverac Bablon In his character of what is still oddly dubbed a "man-about-town," Serjeant Ballantine was also among those who attended these Half Moon Street gatherings. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert That the man-about-town has been morally elevated by this Emancipation of Girl from the seclusion of home to that of the "private room" is too obvious for denial. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 He was rather proud of this, which sounded to him to have quite a man-about-town twang, and he knew it must have been successful when he saw his companions pass it without ribald comment. Secret Bread The man-about-town duly made his appearance to the very minute. The Opal Serpent I could even stand looking weak in an attractive, man-about-town sort of way. Love Conquers All I had not met the men, but they were of the usual man-about-town type, "Marcia's ex-es" somebody, I think the mannish Carew girl, amusingly called them. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment He gives himself out as a man-about-town, and is supposed to make a good thing out of the market. Success A Novel He seems too languid even for the profession of man-about-town, but his clothes are such that one would think their irreproachability could only be maintained by a life of dedication to them. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians Harry became a man-about-town and a member of the renowned New Fantastics Club. Leonora The present-day man-in-the-street, man-about-town Californian has an obvious magnificence about him that is allied to the eucalyptus tree, the pomegranate. The Art of the Moving Picture Louis knew the waiter, as did every man-about-town; but Louis imagined that he knew him better than most; the waiter gave a similar impression to all impressionable young men. The Price of Love It is interesting to ask if Henry Fielding, barrister, journalist, tinker of plays and man-about-town, would ever have turned novelist, had it not been for Richardson, his predecessor. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities He could not decide, and the most precious thing in the universe to him in that crisis was his reputation as a man-about-town in the eyes of Joseph. The Regent Nothing is more startling than the contrast between the heavy, formal, lifeless slang of the man-about-town and the light, living, and flexible slang of the coster. The Defendant "It is not your man-about-town who sacrifices his future in a love-match," was her reflection. Bred in the Bone Really, when I think of myself, a diplomate, a courtier, a man-about-town, curled in a dusty, musty wine-barrel, I am moved with vexation and laughter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 He was quite the man-about-town of the conversation, while the easy-shaver was the child. Martin Chuzzlewit He scorned Joseph; and yet his desire, as a man-about-town, to keep Joseph's esteem, was in no way diminished! The Regent The room of the examining magistrate, who sits at a table talking to MÉLNIKOV, a smartly dressed, languid, man-about-town. Redemption and two other plays Gus Hammerly, sport and man-about-town, dropped into the Argus office late one night to bring news of an "event" to the sporting editor. The Face and the Mask But Eleseus was a man-about-town now, and had no sort of longing for a peasant's life; he answered something about what was he to do anyway if he did come home? Growth of the Soil We know that she is in danger of yielding to the fascinations of a seductive man-about-town; and having shown us this danger, the author proceeds to emphasize the manly and sterling character of the husband. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship To his friends he posed as an easy-going man-about-town, in possession of an income not large, but sufficient to supply him with both comforts and luxuries. The House of Whispers The plump little printer and the worn-out man-about-town had each a supreme woman in his mind. Through the Magic Door And the Berkeley man lost his abstracted look and the man-about-town laid down his paper and pretty soon the boy lifted the lid a bit and both men peeked in. Vignettes of San Francisco George, a man-about-town, would have stared at being called provincial, but a man cannot stare away his nature. The Country House Many of these turned to stare at the belated guest, and William was unconscious of neither their low estate nor his own quality as a patrician man-about-town in almost perfectly fitting evening dress. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William |
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