c. 1600, Dolly, a fem. nickname (see doll); 1790 as "child's doll;" applied from 1792 to any contrivance fancied to resemble a dolly in some sense, especially "a small platform on rollers" (1901). Doesn't look like one to me, either, but that's what they say.
雙語例句
1. Dolly's store of drinking glasses had run out.
多利存放的酒杯已經(jīng)用完了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Our biggest source of customers are the dolly - birds working - class girls.
我們最大的顧客來源是年輕貌 美的 摩登女工.
來自辭典例句
3. Dolly was the first to be safely born by this technology.
多利羊就是首次通過這一技術(shù)安全誕生的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Dolly's legacy includes the possibility of making patient - specific embryonic stem cell lines.
多莉的遺傳缺陷暗示科學家可以通過核移植技術(shù)獲得病人專一性的胚胎干細胞系.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. And with that he let out a whistle, " Here , Dolly! " he called.