doll

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

doll [doll dolls dolled dolling] noun, verb BrE [dɒl] NAmE [dɑːl]
noun
1. a child's toy in the shape of a person, especially a baby or a child
•a rag doll (= one made out of cloth)
2. (old-fashioned, informal, especially NAmE)a word used to describe a pretty or attractive woman, now often considered offensive
•She's quite a doll.

Word Origin:
mid 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.

Example Bank:
•a child playing with a rag doll
Derived: ↑doll somebody up
 
verb
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 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.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dame, wench, skirt, chick, bird, dolly