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单词 girl
释义 girl
\R ˈgərl, chiefly before pause or consonant ˈgər.əl; -R ˈgə̄l or ˈgəil; Brit sometimes ˈgeəl or ˈgaəl or ˈgiəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English girle, gerle, gurle young person of either sex
1.
 a. : a female child
  < announced the birth of a girl >
  < a study of the performance of primary-school boys and girls >
 b. : a young unmarried woman : maiden
  < a girl of striking beauty >
 c. : a single or married woman of any age
  < gossipy old girls of about seventy — J.B.Clayton >
2.
 a.
  (1) : a female servant : maid
   < the girl brought in and cleared away the dishes — Flora Thompson >
  (2) : a female employee (as a secretary)
   < I'll get my girl to have a look through the card index — Nevil Shute >
 b. : prostitute
 c. : sweetheart
  < took his girl to the movies >
 d. : daughter
  < entered his girl at a fashionable school >
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