third person singular
1- used to refer to a woman, girl, or female animal previously mentioned or easily identified她(用于指女人、女孩或雌性动物):
my sister told me that she was not happy.
我的姐姐告诉我她不幸福。
1.1
- used to refer to a ship, vehicle, country, or other inanimate thing regarded as female她, 它(用于指船只、交通工具、国家或其他被看作是女性的物体):
I was aboard the St Roch shortly before she sailed for the Northwest Passage.
我乘上圣罗奇号不久, 它就开往西北航道了。
1.2
- used to refer to a person or animal of unspecified sex她; 它(用于指不知性别的人或动物):
only include your child if you know she won't distract you.
只有当你知道你的小孩不会分你的心时, 才将她带上。
1.3
- W. Indian her or hers〈西印度〉她(宾格); 她的:
give she lavender oil.
把熏衣草油给她。
1.4
- Austral./NZ informal it (used to refer to something not usually regarded as female)〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉它(用于通常不被看作是女性之物):
reckon some decent weather and she'll be right.
料想天气不错, 它就会转好的。
1.5
- any female person女子:
she who rocks the cradle rules the world.
摇摇篮的女子统治这个世界。
in sing.
1- a female; a woman女子; 妇女:
society would label him a slut if he were a she.
如果他是女人, 社会会把他称之为荡妇。
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- in combination female雌性:
a she-bear
母熊
a she-wolf
母狼。
USAGE
短语
who's she-the cat's mother?
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- Brit. informal used as a mild reproof, especially to a child, for impolite use of the pronoun she when a person's name would have been clearer or more well-mannered〈英, 非正式〉她是谁——小猫的妈妈?(用于温和地责备, 尤其在小孩可用人名更明确、更得体地指称, 却不礼貌地用代词"she"时)。
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- expressing the speaker's belief that a woman or girl has a high opinion of herself or is putting on airs她是谁——小猫的妈妈?(表示说话者认为一女子自命不凡或摆架子时的用语)。
词源
Middle English:probably a phonetic development of the Old English feminine personal pronoun hēo, hīe.