单词 | daughter |
释义 | daughter n.   1. a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents.   2. a female descendant.   3. (foll. by of) a female member of a family, nation, etc.   4. (foll. by of) a woman who is regarded as the spiritual descendant of, or as spiritually attached to, a person or thing.   5. a product or attribute personified as a daughter in relation to its source (Fortune and its daughter Confidence).   6. Physics a nuclide formed by the radioactive decay of another.   7. Biol. a cell etc. formed by the division etc. of another. Phrases and idioms daughter-in-law (pl. daughters-in-law) the wife of one's son. Derivatives daughterhood n. daughterly adj. Etymology: OE dohtor f. Gmc |
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