daughter
/ˈdɔːtə(r)/noun
1- a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents女儿。
1.1
- a female offspring of an animal（动物的）雌性后代。
1.2
- a female descendant女性后裔：
we are the sons and daughters of Adam.
我们是亚当的后代。
1.3
- a woman considered as the product of a particular person, influence, or environment女儿; （某种影响或环境的）产物（指女性）：
she was a daughter of the vicarage in manner and appearance.
她的举止和外表深受教区牧师家庭环境的影响。
1.4
- archaic used as a term of affectionate address to a woman or girl, typically by an older person〈古〉［尤用作年长者对女子或女孩的爱称］孩子。
1.5
- poetic/literary a thing personified as a daughter in relation to its origin or source〈诗/文〉…之女：
Italian, the eldest daughter of ancient Latin.
意大利语, 古拉丁语中的长女。
1.6
- Physics a nuclide formed by the radioactive decay of another【物理】子体, 放射性衰变产物。
派生词
daughterhood
noundaughterly
adjective词源
Old English dohtor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dochter and German Tochter, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek thugatēr.