debutante
debutante 英 [ˈdebjutɑ:nt] 美 [ˈdɛbjʊˌtɑnt, ˈdebju-]
n. 初次参加上层社会社交活动的少女
名词复数:debutantes
- A debutante is usually a wealthy girl whose parents wish to introduce her to society in a BIG way — in "a debutante ball" that looks like something out of a scene from Gone with the Wind.
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- n. 初次参加上层社会社交活动的少女
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1. His first novel, The Russian debutante’s Handbook (2003) won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and was named among the best of young American novelists (2007) by Granta magazine.
他在2003年出版的第一部小说《俄罗斯社交圈女士入门手册》（The Russian Debutante’s Handbook）荣获斯蒂芬·克兰第一部小说奖，2007年他还被《格兰塔》（Granta）评为美国最佳青年小说家之一。
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2. The resin-heavy broth transforms would-be standard pub fare into a debutante’s delight of a dinner.
松脂味浓郁的牛肉汤将一道准酒馆菜肴演变为少女初涉晚宴般的喜悦。
- debutante (n.) 1801, "female stage actress making her first public performance," from fem. of French debutant (q.v.). In reference to a young woman making her first appearance in society, from 1817.
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