单词 | girl |
释义 | girl (once / 15 pages) n A girl is a young woman, or a female child. If you have a 3-year-old daughter you have a little girl. Girl comes from the Middle English garl, but no one knows where that word came from. It used to mean a child of either sex, but now it's only used for female children, paired with the word boy. A girl can be very young, or a young woman who's not quite out on her own in the world yet. Adults in relationships who aren't married call their female loves their girlfriend, even when the girl in question is really a woman. WORD FAMILYgirl: girlhood, girlish, girls+/girlhood: girlhoods/girlish: girlishly, girlishness USAGE EXAMPLESOne little girl broke the school “ethnicity” form because her mother was Asian Indian and her father Wisconsin white. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) She was a Girl Scouts leader, Sunday school teacher and volunteer at Rock Spring Congregational Church in Arlington. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A 17-year-old girl fatally stabbed in a squabble over a cellphone. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a young woman Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper fille, miss, missy, young lady, young woman Io (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer babe, baby, sister (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women bellea young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals bimboa young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men chachka, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke(Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman chita dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect colleenan Irish girl bird, chick, dame, doll, skirt, wenchinformal terms for a (young) woman flappera young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress galalliterative term for girl (or woman) gaminea girl of impish appeal Gibson girlthe idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson jeune fille, lass, lassie, young girla girl or young woman who is unmarried maid, maidenan unmarried girl (especially a virgin) May queen, queen of the Maythe girl chosen queen of a May Day festival mill-girla girl who works in a mill party girlan attractive young woman hired to attend parties and entertain men peria beautiful and graceful girl ring girla young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights rosebud(a literary reference to) a pretty young girl sex bomb, sex kitten, sexpota young woman who is thought to have sex appeal shop girla young female shop assistant soubrettea pert or flirtatious young girl sweater girla girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters hoyden, romp, tomboya girl who behaves in a boyish manner valley girla girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley working girla young woman who is employed bobby-socker, bobbysoxeran adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s) damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel, demoisellea young unmarried woman Lolitaa sexually precocious young girl adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) 2n a youthful female person the baby was a girl the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper female child, little girl boy, male child a youthful male person Campfire Girl a girl who is a member of Campfire Girls; for girls age 7-18 farm girla girl who has grown up on a farm flower girla young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession moppeta little girl (usually one you are fond of) schoolgirla girl attending school Scouta Boy Scout or Girl Scout Boy Scouta boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts Girl Scouta girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts female, female person a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies 3n a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved Syn|Hyper girlfriend, lady friend lover a person who loves someone or is loved by someone adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man) 4n a friendly informal reference to a grown woman Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls Hyper adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) 5n a female human offspring Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper daughter boy, son a male human offspring mother's daughter a daughter who is favored by and similar to her mother female offspring a child who is female |
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