单词 | lass |
释义 | lass (once / 869 pages) n A lass is a girl. Your Scottish folk dance teacher might announce, "Lads line up on that side, lasses on this side!" Lass is an old-fashioned way to say "young girl," and it's more common in parts of Britain than in the US. You're most likely to hear this word in Scotland and the north of England, although lass is most likely rooted in Scandinavian languages, like the Old Swedish løsk kona, "unmarried woman," or the Old Norse löskr, "idle or weak." WORD FAMILYlass: lasses USAGE EXAMPLESI had intended to hug him and have him lass my forehead, but instead I stood there and stared at his face. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Jo Cox was a self-proclaimed "proud Yorkshire lass" whose work for charity took her around the world and whose political success led her to Westminster. BBC(Nov 18, 2016) True to form, the outside wall had a mural with a blonde lass in Nordic garb. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) n a girl or young woman who is unmarried Syn|Hypo|Hyper jeune fille, lassie, young girl bobby-socker, bobbysoxer an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s) Lolitaa sexually precocious young girl fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman a young woman |
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