| 单词 | damsel |
| 释义 | damselWord family noundamselfishdamseldamselfly dam·sel /ˈdæmzəl/ noun [countableC] old use 1. damsel in distress old use HELPa young woman who needs help or protection – used humorously 需要帮助[保护]的年轻女子〔幽默用法〕 Examples from the Corpus damsel in distress• Deep inside she seemed to have been waiting like some long-ago damsel in distress, waiting for her knight to rescue her.• You know the sort of thing: the damsel in distress chained to the railway line as the express thunders towards her.• The real Mario has no such problems with damsels in distress. 2. WOMANa young woman who is not married, especially a pretty young woman in an old story 〔尤指旧时故事中漂亮的〕未婚少女 Examples from the Corpus damsel• Willie Maley, a pearl among swine, dutifully held the door open for the departing damsel.• Unlike Fragonard's star-struck damsels, we keep one eye permanently trained on the future.• Victorian damsels madly anticipate his imminent arrival.• The word used in Isaiah is the word damsel, a young woman. (1200-1300) Old French dameisele, from Latin domina “lady of high rank” |
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