| 单词 | cadette |
| 释义 | Cadette in American English (kəˈdɛt) US noun a member of the division of the Girl Scouts for girls twelve to fourteen years of age : in full Cadette Girl ScoutWord origin cadet + -ettecadette in American English (kəˈdet) noun 1. (cap) Also called: Cadette scout a member of the Girl Scouts from 12 through 14 years of age 2. Austral a female government employee, esp. a woman appointed to civil service Word origin [1670–80; cad(et) + -ette]This word is first recorded in the period 1670–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cohesion, episode, fund, guarantee, kink-ette is a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French, where it has beenused in a variety of diminutive and hypocoristic formations (brunette; cigarette; coquette; etiquette; rosette). As an English suffix, -ette forms diminutives (kitchenette; novelette; sermonette), distinctively feminine nouns (majorette; usherette), and names of imitation products (leatherette) |
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