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单词 prima donnas
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pri•ma don•na /ˌprimə ˈdɑnə, ˌprɪmə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. prima don•nas. 
  1. Music and Dancea first or principal female singer in an opera.
  2. a vain person who changes moods often and who expects special treatment:The team was a bunch of prima donnas.
See -prim-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pri•ma don•na  (prē′mə don′ə, prim′ə; It. prē′mä dôn′nä),USA pronunciation pl. pri•ma don•nas, [It.] pri•me don•ne 
    (prē′me dôn′ne).USA pronunciation 
  1. Music and Dancea first or principal female singer of an opera company.
  2. a temperamental person;
    a person who takes adulation and privileged treatment as a right and reacts with petulance to criticism or inconvenience.
  • Italian: literally, first lady; see prime, duenna
  • 1760–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prima donna /ˈpriːmə ˈdɒnə/ n ( pl prima donnas)
  1. a female operatic star; diva
  2. informal a temperamental person
Etymology: 19th Century: from Italian: first lady
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