| 单词 | damsel |
| 释义 | dam·sel /ˈdæmzəl/ noun [countable] old use 1. damsel in distress old use HELPa young woman who needs help or protection – used humorously 需要帮助[保护]的年轻女子〔幽默用法〕2. WOMANa young woman who is not married, especially a pretty young woman in an old story 〔尤指旧时故事中漂亮的〕未婚少女Examples from the Corpusdamsel• Willie Maley, a pearl among swine, dutifully held the door open for the departing damsel.• Unlike Fragonard's star-struck damsels, we keep one eye permanently trained on the future.• Victorian damsels madly anticipate his imminent arrival.• The word used in Isaiah is the word damsel, a young woman.Origin damsel (1200-1300) Old French dameisele, from Latin domina “lady of high rank”dam·sel nounChineseSyllable help who young needs or woman a Corpus |
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