| 释义 |
ma·de·moi·selle
\|madəmə|zel also |madəmwə|z- or |ma(a)dmwə|z- or |ma(a)d(ˌ)mwä|z- or |ma(a)d(ˌ)mwȧ|z- or |ma(a)dmə|z- or (ˈ)ma(a)m|z- or |ma(a)mwə|z- or |madəm|z-\ noun
(plural mademoiselles \-lz\ ; or mes·de·moi·selles \|mādəmə|zel, -dəmwə|-, -dmwə|-, -d(ˌ)mwä|-, -d(ˌ)mwȧ|-, -dmə|-\)
Etymology: French, from Old French ma damoisele, literally, my (young) lady
1.
a. : an unmarried French woman
< attractive mademoiselles in national costume … serve twenty-nine varieties of wine — Scots Magazine >
b. : a French governess or nurse
< was spending the summer in a chalet … with her four children, her sister, a mademoiselle, and a cook — Maddy Vegtel >
2. : a female member of the French royal family:
a. : the eldest daughter of the king's eldest brother
b. : the eldest daughter of the king
c. : the highest-ranking unmarried princess of the blood royal
3. : miss — often used as a title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman who is not of English-speaking nationality
4. : any of several silvery marine fishes with a strong second anal spine that form a genus (Bairdiella) of the family Sciaenidae; especially : a fish (B. chrysura) of the southern United States |