a child’s toy in the shape of a person, especially a baby or a child 玩偶；玩具娃娃 a rag doll (= one made out of cloth) 布娃娃
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- tiny
- china
- …
- play with
- doll house
- doll’s house
- (North American English, informal)
a kind person 玩偶；玩具娃娃 Be a doll and help me out. 做个娃娃，帮帮我。 He was a doll to work with. 他是个玩偶。
- (especially North American English, old-fashioned, informal)
a word used to describe a pretty or attractive woman, now often considered offensive 俊妞，甜姐儿，美人儿（现多认为意含冒犯）
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a mistress): pet form of the given name Dorothy. The sense ‘small model of a human figure’ dates from the late 17th cent.