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.
dolly 双语例句
1. Dolly's store of drinking glasses had run out.
多利存放的酒杯已经用完了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Our biggest source of customers are the dolly - birds working - class girls.
我们最大的顾客来源是年轻貌 美的 摩登女工.
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3. Dolly was the first to be safely born by this technology.
多利羊就是首次通过这一技术安全诞生的.
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4. Dolly's legacy includes the possibility of making patient - specific embryonic stem cell lines.
多莉的遗传缺陷暗示科学家可以通过核移植技术获得病人专一性的胚胎干细胞系.
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5. And with that he let out a whistle, " Here , Dolly! " he called.