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单词 cinderella
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Cinderella

(sɪndərelə)
Word forms: plural Cinderellas
countable noun [usually singular, oft NOUN noun]
If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more.
It is a Cinderella of charities, and needs more help. [+ of]

Cinderella in British English

(ˌsɪndəˈrɛlə)
noun
1. 
a woman who achieves fame after being obscure
2. 
a. 
a poor, neglected, or unsuccessful person or thing
b. 
(as modifier)
a Cinderella service that's been denied funding
3. (modifier)
relating to dramatic success
a Cinderella story
Word origin
C19: after Cinderella, the heroine of a fairy tale who is aided by a fairy godmother

Cinderella in American English

(ˌsɪndərˈɛlə)
noun
1. 
the title character of a fairy tale, a household drudge who, with the help of a fairy godmother, marries a prince
2. 
a person or thing whose merit, value, or beauty is for a time unrecognized
adjective
3. 
resembling Cinderella in being elevated suddenly to a position of honor, glory, etc.
a Cinderella team in a basketball tournament
Word origin
cinder + dim. suffix -ella: like Fr Cendrillon (dim. < cendre, ashes), a partial transl. of Ger Aschenbrödel, lit., scullion (< asche, ash1 + brodeln, bubble up, brew)

Examples of 'Cinderella' in a sentence
Cinderella

In my imagination I heard Cinderella 's clock relentlessly chiming the hour.
Howatch, Susan ULTIMATE PRIZES (1999)
Maybe the Prince truly will be smitten with love for Clara, your own Cinderella !
Gregory Maguire CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER (1999)

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