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单词 she
释义 she
I. \(|)shē, _shi\ pronoun
Etymology: Middle English she, sho, probably alteration of hye, hyo, alteration of Old English hīe, hīo, hēo — more at he
1. : that female one
 < she is now the wife of Marcus Antonius — Shakespeare >
: that one regarded as feminine (as by personification)
 < if Nature … refused to reproduce the effect he wanted, he would patiently return, evening after evening, until she did — Hesketh Pearson >
 < I bought a motorcycle … and she was a dandy — Burl Ives >
— used as nominative feminine pronoun of the third person singular usually in reference to a previously specified subject or to someone identified by an accompanying relative clause or prepositional phrase; usually considered impolite when used in reference to a woman or girl who has not previously been mentioned by name or referred to by means of an identifying noun; sometimes in poetry and in substandard speech used pleonastically together with a noun as subject to a verb
 < the Liner she's a lady — Rudyard Kipling >
— see her I, her III, hers I; compare he, it, they
2. Scotland : i, you, he — used especially in literary representations of the English spoken by Scottish Highlanders
3. : you
 < did she bump her little head >
— compare he I 4
4.
 a. substandard : her — used in a compound object
  < between the boy and she >
 b. dialect chiefly Britain : her — used emphatically as object of a verb or preposition
  < the earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she — Shakespeare >
  < no fit place for she — James Spilling >
II. \ˈshē\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from she, pron.
1. : a female person or animal
 < you are the cruelest she alive — Shakespeare >
— often used in compounds
 < she-cat >
 < she-cousin >
2.
 a. : one that is feminine in composition or characteristics — used in compounds
  < she-poetry >
  < she-society >
 b. : a plant that resembles one of a different species that is regarded as better — used in compounds
  < she-balsam >
  < she-oak >
III. noun
(plural she or shes)
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a people inhabiting the mountains in the interior borderland between Chekiang and Fukien provinces of China
2. : a member of the She people
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