damsel
英語[編輯]
其他形式[編輯]
- damoisel, damoiselle, damosel, damozel (古舊)
詞源[編輯]
源自中古英語 dameisele,源自古法語 damoisele,源自通俗拉丁語 *domnicella,古典拉丁語 domina (「女士」)的指小詞,源自dominus,源自*demh₂-。demoiselle、doncella和donzella的同源對似詞。
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名詞[編輯]
damsel (複數 damsels)
- 貴族少女
- 處女
- 未婚少女,閨女
- 未婚宮女
- 磨坊的鍾錘
- 近義詞: chattering damsel
- 1843, The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (volume 4, page 263)
- The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]