“hoyden”在英语中的释义

noun

1. (archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.

   • She is a hoyden, one will say. At any rate she is not a lady, another will exclaim. I have suspected her all through, a third will declare; she has no idea of the dignity of a matron; or of the peculiar propriety which her position demands.

adjective

1. Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.

verb

1. (intransitive) To behave in a hoydenish manner.