| 单词 | ladybird |
| 释义 | lady /lāˈdi/ (with cap when used as a prefix)noun (pl ladies /lāˈdiz/; old genitive laˈdy)
ORIGIN: OE hlǣfdige, appar literally ‘the bread-kneader’, from hlāf loaf, and a lost word from the root of dough laˈdies noun A public lavatory for women laˈdyfied or laˈdified adjective Inclined to affect over-refined manners laˈdyfy or laˈdify transitive verb
laˈdyhood noun The condition or character of a lady laˈdyish adjective Having the airs of a fine lady laˈdyism noun Affectation of the airs of a fine lady laˈdykin noun (archaic) An endearing diminutive of lady laˈdylike adjective
laˈdylikeness noun laˈdyship noun The title of a lady ladies' companion noun A small bag used for a woman's needlework ladies' fingers same as lady's finger below. ladies' gallery noun A gallery in the House of Commons, once screened off by a grille ladies' man or lady's man noun
laˈdieswear noun Clothing for women laˈdybird noun Any member of the family Coccinellidae, small round beetles, often brightly spotted, which prey on greenfly, etc (also laˈdybug (N American), laˈdycow or laˈdyfly) Lady Bountiful noun (also without caps; often derogatory) A rich and generous woman, often applied to one who is ostentatiously or offensively so (from a character in Farquhar's The Beaux’ Stratagem) ladyboy noun (informal) A young male transvestite or transsexual, esp in Thailand lady chapel noun A chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, usually behind the high altar, at the end of the apse Lady Day noun 25 March, the day of the annunciation of the Virgin lady fern noun A pretty British fern (Athyrium filix-foemina), with long bipinnate fronds (imagined by the old herbalists to be the female of the male fern) laˈdy-help noun A woman paid to assist in housework, but treated more or less as one of the family lady-in-waitˈing noun A female attendant to a lady of royal status laˈdy-killer noun A man who is, or fancies himself, irresistible to women laˈdy-love noun
Lady Muck see under muck lady of the night noun A euphemism for a prostitute lady's-cuˈshion noun The mossy saxifrage lady's finger or lady's fingers noun
laˈdy's-maid noun A lady's female attendant, responsible for her clothes, etc lady's-mantˈle noun A genus (Alchemilla) of plants of the rose family with small, yellowish-green flowers and leaves like folded drapery lady's-slippˈer noun A genus (Cypripedium) of orchids with a large slipper-like lip laˈdy's-smock or laˈdy-smock noun The cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis), a cruciferous meadow-plant, with pale lilac-coloured flowers lady's-thistˈle noun The milk thistle lady’s tresses or ladies’ tresses noun (sing or pl) an orchid of the genus Spiranthes with small white flowers laˈdy-trifles plural noun (Shakespeare) Trifles befitting a lady find the lady see three-card trick under three her ladyship, your ladyship and my lady Forms of expression used in speaking of or to a person who has the title of Lady our Lady The Virgin Mary (Our) Lady's bedstraw see bedstraw under bed1 |
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