| 单词 | prima donna |
| 释义 | prima donna[ pree-muh -don-uh, prim-uh; Italian pree-mah -dawn-nah ] / ˌpri mə ˈdɒn ə, ˌprɪm ə; Italian ˈpri mɑ ˈdɔn nɑ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prima donna ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural pri·ma don·nas, Italian pri·me don·ne [pree-me -dawn-ne]. /ˈpri mɛ ˈdɔn nɛ/.a first or principal female singer of an opera company. a temperamental person; a person who takes adulation and privileged treatment as a right and reacts with petulance to criticism or inconvenience. Origin of prima donna1760–70; <Italian: literally, first lady; see prime, duenna Words nearby prima donnaprilocaine, Prilosec, prim, prima ballerina, primacy, prima donna, primaeval, prima facie, prima facie case, prima facie evidence, primage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prima donnaBritish Dictionary definitions for prima donnaprima donna / (ˈpriːmə ˈdɒnə) / noun plural prima donnasa female operatic star; diva informal a temperamental person Word Origin for prima donnaC19: from Italian: first lady Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for prima donnaprima donna [ (pree-muh, prim-uh don-uh) ] A vain and overly sensitive person who is temperamental and difficult to work with: “That Jenkins girl is a good gymnast, but she certainly is a prima donna.” In opera, the prima donna is the principal female soloist. From Italian, meaning “first lady.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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