| 释义 |
‖ señorita|seɲoˈrita|
[Sp., dim. of señora.]
1. a. A Spanish title of respect prefixed to the name of a young lady, or used without the name in addressing her.
1850Mayne Reid Rifle Rangers xxvi, ‘Do not be alarmed, señorita’, said I, approaching.
b. A young Spanish lady.
1823J. A. Quitman Let. 23 Aug. in J. F. H. Claiborne Life & Corr. J. A. Quitman (1860) I. iv. 85 The belles..‘tote’ their fans with the air of Spanish señoritas. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xii. 263 In the evening we reached a comfortable farm-house, where there were several pretty señoritas. 1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. A Letter, Caleb hain't no monopoly to court the seenoreetas. 1886Athenæum 28 Aug. 276/1 The artist..filled up his foreground with a group of Spanish señoritas.
2. A name given to a small labroid fish, Pseudojulis or Oxyjulis modestus, native in Californian waters. Also senorita-fish.
1882Jordan & Gilbert Fishes N. Amer. 604 Pseudojulis Bleeker. Señoritas. Ibid., P. modestus... Señorita; Pesce Rey. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 299 The Senorita-fish, of Monterey, Pseudojulis modestus, is known as ‘Pesce⁓rey’; southward it is called ‘Senorita’. |