词组 | a Jack the Lad |
释义 | Idiom a Jack the Lad British, informal, old-fashioned a confident and not very serious young man who behaves as he wants to without thinking about other people.Three children with three different women? Well, he always was a bit of a Jack the Lad. Jack the LadA confident, carefree young man. Primarily heard in UK. Jim's a bit of a Jack the Lad—he likes his job as a bicycle courier and doesn't care what anybody else thinks. a ˌJack the ˈLad(British English, slang) a young man who is very confident in a noisy way, and enjoys going out with male friends, drinking alcohol and trying to attract women: He used to be a bit of a Jack the Lad — I never thought he’d settle down and get married.This was originally the nickname of an 18th-century thief called Jack Sheppard. |
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