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单词 daughter
释义

daughter

/ˈdɔːtə /
noun
1A girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents.Another possibility is that the findings reveal a reciprocal relationship between daughters and their parents....
  • Therefore, it was the sons who took responsibility for the care of their elderly parents rather than daughters.
  • So fearful are parents that their daughters will be taken away that they refuse to simply drop them off; they or a relative will stay outside all day to make sure nothing happens.

Synonyms

female child, girl
informal lass
1.1A female offspring of an animal.Other benefits from this information include more accurate information on bulls calving ease and his daughters production and survival details....
  • Twelve of his daughters have produced foals that earned more than $1-million.
  • Likewise, when the breeding population was male-biased, producing daughters would be favored.
1.2A female descendant: we are the sons and daughters of Adam...
  • In order to elevate the socio-economic standing of both their family and the nation, middle class sons and daughters were urged to pursue higher education and ambitious careers.
  • On pensions, the Democrat proposes sticking to the status quo, but making sure that this generation puts enough aside for its retirement and does not run up bills its sons and daughters cannot pay.
  • Wives are employed, as are the sons and daughters of colleagues, occasionally doing party political campaigning work when they are paid only to do constituency and parliamentary work.
1.3A woman considered as the product of a particular person, influence, or environment: she was a daughter of the vicarage in manner and appearance...
  • Gilda Pirella has always been her daughter's biggest influence and greatest inspiration.
  • Before we continue to explain how Mary's career developed, we should say a little more about her father who, in his way, was a remarkable man and a major influence on his daughters.
  • I am proud to be an Army retiree, and I have been able to influence and enjoy my daughter's childhood.
1.4 archaic Used as a term of affectionate address to a woman or girl, typically by an older person.
1.5 literary A thing personified as a daughter in relation to its origin or source: Italian, the eldest daughter of ancient Latin...
  • In the language of the scriptures, becoming a son or daughter of Christ is to re-establish that familial relationship which was destroyed by sin.
  • The Muses are the daughters of hope and the stepdaughters of memory.
  • I'm no longer the daughter of a gangster; I'm a daughter of Christ.
2 Physics A nuclide formed by the radioactive decay of another: as radon gas decays it produces daughters that attach themselves to dust particles...
  • The atoms then undergo nuclear fission, producing daughter nuclei and more neutrons.
  • Ratios of naturally occurring radioactive minerals to their decay daughters can be used in determining the age of geological materials.
  • The radon gas will then also decay into radioactive solid particles, called radon daughters or radon progenitors.

Derivatives

daughterhood

noun ...
  • In the last year, I've learned a lot about motherhood, and daughterhood and being a friend, and even about being a wife now that I'm not one.
  • A thought - am I waiting for permission to take a chance, to leap into the unknown, to shuck off my shackles of motherhood, wifehood, daughterhood and to become the person that is lurking beneath.
  • Gender boundaries blur even further in Harry Dodge's By Hook or by Crook, though the gut emotions of motherhood and daughterhood remain keen.

daughterly

/ˈdɔːtəli / adjective ...
  • When I get there I'll have to play the bubbly life and soul / daughterly duet thing with my dad.
  • I want you to get well, and then maybe we can spend some mother and daughterly times together, like before, remember?
  • As part of her daughterly duties, Romola assists her father by keeping the books on the shelves in exactly the same places they have occupied for years.

Origin

Old English dohtor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dochter and German Tochter, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek thugatēr.

Rhymes

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