heroine

noun

/ˈherəʊɪn/

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a girl or woman who is admired by many for doing something brave or good
- the heroines of the revolution
- She remains one of the unsung heroines of the Second World War.
Topics Personal qualitiesa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- real
- national
- …
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the main female character in a story, novel, film, etc.
- The heroine is played by Demi Moore.
- She has played several of Shakespeare's heroines—Portia and Juliet among them.
Extra Examples
- Jane Eyre, the eponymous heroine of the novel by Charlotte Brontë
- Violetta is one of the great tragic heroines of Verdi's operas.
- The story is narrated entirely by the heroine.
Topics Film and theatrea2, Literature and writinga2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
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- real
- national
- …
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a woman that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that she has
- Madonna was her teenage heroine.
- She was thrilled to be interviewing her childhood heroine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- real
- national
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Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘demigoddess, venerated woman’): from French héroïne or Latin heroina, from Greek hērōinē, feminine of hērōs ‘hero’.

单词	heroine
释义	heroine noun /ˈherəʊɪn/ /ˈherəʊɪn/ jump to other results a girl or woman who is admired by many for doing something brave or good the heroines of the revolution She remains one of the unsung heroines of the Second World War. Topics Personal qualitiesa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective great real national … See full entry the main female character in a story, novel, film, etc. The heroine is played by Demi Moore. She has played several of Shakespeare's heroines—Portia and Juliet among them. Extra Examples Jane Eyre, the eponymous heroine of the novel by Charlotte Brontë Violetta is one of the great tragic heroines of Verdi's operas. The story is narrated entirely by the heroine. Topics Film and theatrea2, Literature and writinga2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective great real national … See full entry a woman that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that she has Madonna was her teenage heroine. She was thrilled to be interviewing her childhood heroine. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective great real national … See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘demigoddess, venerated woman’): from French héroïne or Latin heroina, from Greek hērōinē, feminine of hērōs ‘hero’.
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