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单词 doll
释义

doll

See also: Doll

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɒl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɑl/, /dɔl/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

From Doll, a popular pet form of Dorothy.

Noun

doll (plural dolls)

  1. A toy in the form of a human.
    Hyponym: action figure
  2. (slang, sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman.
    • 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman
      Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you.
  3. (US, Australia) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
    • 2008, Stephen King, Willa:
      "They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked.
  4. (US, dated, now possibly offensive) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful girl.
    • 2017, Chunk in "Skate-lebrity", The ZhuZhus
      Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto!
  5. The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
  6. A kind of barrier used in horse racing.
    • 1885, William Day, The Racehorse in Training (page 87)
      On a beautiful spring morning, after the “dolls and chains” had been removed to allow the horses room to pass through, in galloping “across the flat,” […]
  7. (rail transport) A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
    • 1943 March and April, “Notes and News: Peculiar Distant Signals on L.N.E.R”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
      The signals are on a three-doll bracket post; one doll carries two [signal] arms, one above the other.
Derived terms
  • action doll
  • baby doll
  • bisque doll
  • blow-up doll
  • bobble-head doll syndrome
  • China doll
  • china doll
  • dollhouse, doll's house
  • doll-less
  • doll's pram
  • doll up
  • dolly
  • Dutch doll
  • fashion doll
  • Ken doll
  • kewpie doll
  • love doll
  • matrioshka doll
  • matryoshka doll
  • nesting doll
  • paper doll
  • Paris doll
  • pincushion doll
  • porcelain doll
  • rag doll
  • Russian doll
  • sex doll
  • voodoo doll
  • Waldorf doll
  • wax doll
Translations

See also

  • golliwog
  • puppet
  • teddy, teddy bear
  • doll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

A shortening of dollar.

Noun

doll (plural dolls)

  1. (US, obsolete) A dollar.

Noun

doll (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of dal.

References

  • Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “doll”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

  • LOL'd, LOLd, lol'd, lold

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dōlium.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈdoʎ/

Noun

doll m (plural dolls)

  1. stream, jet
  2. pitcher, vase

Derived terms

  • a doll

Further reading

  • “doll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Occasionally found in older texts, but chiefly introduced to standard German during the 20th century from Central German and German Low German dialects, from northern Middle High German dol and Middle Low German dol, from Old Saxon dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz. Doublet of toll (“great; crazy”), which compare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔl/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

doll (strong nominative masculine singular doller, comparative doller, superlative am dollsten)

  1. (informal) firm, hard, forceful, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
    Der Schlag war nicht doll, aber er hat mich genau auf die Nase getroffen. ― The blow wasn't hard, but it hit me right in the nose.
  2. (colloquial, chiefly in negation or sarcastically) good, great, satisfactory
    Ich geb ja zu, dass es keine dolle Idee war. ― Well, I do admit it wasn't a very good idea.
  3. (colloquial, with Ding) extraordinary, remarkable
    Na, das is’ ja ’n dolles Ding! ― Now, that is some news!

Usage notes

  • The word is readily attestable in written representations of spoken and informal German. The sense “firm, hard” is now also found occasionally in more standard prose, chiefly as an adverb (see below).

Declension

Positive forms of doll
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist dollsie ist dolles ist dollsie sind doll
strong declension
(without article)		nominativedollerdolledollesdolle
genitivedollendollerdollendoller
dativedollemdollerdollemdollen
accusativedollendolledollesdolle
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder dolledie dolledas dolledie dollen
genitivedes dollender dollendes dollender dollen
dativedem dollender dollendem dollenden dollen
accusativeden dollendie dolledas dolledie dollen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein dollereine dolleein dolles(keine) dollen
genitiveeines dolleneiner dolleneines dollen(keiner) dollen
dativeeinem dolleneiner dolleneinem dollen(keinen) dollen
accusativeeinen dolleneine dolleein dolles(keine) dollen
Comparative forms of doll
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist dollersie ist dolleres ist dollersie sind doller
strong declension
(without article)		nominativedollererdolleredolleresdollere
genitivedollerendollererdollerendollerer
dativedolleremdollererdolleremdolleren
accusativedollerendolleredolleresdollere
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder dolleredie dolleredas dolleredie dolleren
genitivedes dollerender dollerendes dollerender dolleren
dativedem dollerender dollerendem dollerenden dolleren
accusativeden dollerendie dolleredas dolleredie dolleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein dollerereine dollereein dolleres(keine) dolleren
genitiveeines dollereneiner dollereneines dolleren(keiner) dolleren
dativeeinem dollereneiner dollereneinem dolleren(keinen) dolleren
accusativeeinen dollereneine dollereein dolleres(keine) dolleren
Superlative forms of doll
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist am dollstensie ist am dollstenes ist am dollstensie sind am dollsten
strong declension
(without article)		nominativedollsterdollstedollstesdollste
genitivedollstendollsterdollstendollster
dativedollstemdollsterdollstemdollsten
accusativedollstendollstedollstesdollste
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder dollstedie dollstedas dollstedie dollsten
genitivedes dollstender dollstendes dollstender dollsten
dativedem dollstender dollstendem dollstenden dollsten
accusativeden dollstendie dollstedas dollstedie dollsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein dollstereine dollsteein dollstes(keine) dollsten
genitiveeines dollsteneiner dollsteneines dollsten(keiner) dollsten
dativeeinem dollsteneiner dollsteneinem dollsten(keinen) dollsten
accusativeeinen dollsteneine dollsteein dollstes(keine) dollsten

Adverb

doll

  1. (informal) firmly, hard, forcefully, vehemently, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
    • 1995, “Meh' Bier”, in Auf einem Auge blöd, performed by Fettes Brot:
      Wir feiern laut und doll bis alle auf den Tischen springen / Und am Höhepunkt der Party fangen wir laut an zu singen.
      We party hard and loudly until everyone climbs the tables / And in the party's climax we start singing loudly.
    Du musst doller drücken, sonst geht es nicht. ― You need to push harder, otherwise it won't work.

Further reading

  • “doll” in Duden online
  • “doll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz.

Adjective

doll

  1. mad, angry, furious
  2. rabid
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