| 单词 | princess |
| 释义 | princess (once / 103 pages) n A princess is the daughter of a king or queen, or the wife of a prince. Some children like to have princess parties because they get to wear fancy dresses, tiaras, and little plastic high heels. In countries that are monarchies, rulers are born into their positions and are typically called kings and queens. If they have a daughter, she’s a princess. Women who marry into these families can also become princesses. The popular image of a princess might be Cinderella dressed for the ball, but modern princesses look a lot more like ordinary people. Princess is the feminine form of prince, from the Latin princeps, "chief leader." WORD FAMILYprincess: princesses USAGE EXAMPLES"That's our cousin, and she's one of the princesses," Philip Cameron said, lying on his back on the sidewalk. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) News of Fisher’s death shocked fans into a new reality - one without their beloved Princess Leia. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) At first it was pretty standard fare: She posed, framed by feathers, as a glittering pop princess through a pristine, apparently lip-synced “Auld Lang Syne.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) Exp|Hypo|Hyper Dido (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas Sleeping Beautyfairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss archduchess a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria crown princessa female heir apparent to a throne maharanee, maharania great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja princess royalthe eldest daughter of a British sovereign aristocrat, blue blood, patrician a member of the aristocracy |
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