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This flashcard defines "girl" with multiple meanings: a female child, a daughter, a young woman (sometimes considered offensive), and informally, a man's girlfriend. It includes pronunciation details and example sentences for each usage.
This flashcard defines "girl" as a female child, a daughter, a young woman, and informally, a man's girlfriend. It also provides pronunciation and example sentences for each meaning. The term can sometimes be offensive when used for young women.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]女儿 You can refer to someone's daughter as a girl .
We had a little girl.
我们有一个小女儿。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]年轻女子，小妞儿（可能具冒犯意味） Young women are often referred to as girls. This use could cause offence.
...a pretty twenty-year-old girl.
20岁的漂亮姑娘
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（男人的）女朋友 Some people refer to a man's girlfriend as his girl.
[INFORMAL 非正式]
I've been with my girl for nine years.
我同我女朋友交往9年了。
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girl★/ɡɜːl; NAmEɡɜːrl/noun1★[countable ]a female child 女孩◆a baby girl女婴◆a little girlof six 六岁的小女孩◆Hello, girls and boys!孩子们好！☞see also
poster child
2★[countable ]a daughter 女儿◆Our youngest girl is at college.我们的小女儿在大学读书。3★[countable ]( sometimes offensive) a young woman 年轻女子；女郎◆Alex is not interested in girls yet.亚历克斯对女孩子还不感兴趣。◆He married the girl next door.他与隔壁的女孩结婚了。4[countable ]( usually in compounds 通常构成复合词) ( old-fashioned,offensive) a female worker 女工；女职员◆an office girl女办事员5[countable ]( old-fashioned) a man's girlfriend （男人的）女朋友6girls[plural ](used especially as a form of address by women 女性尤用于称呼)a woman's female friends （女子的）女伴，女友◆I'm having a night out with the girls.我今晚要和女友们外出。◆Good morning, girls!姑娘们，早上好！7[singular ]old ~( often offensive) an old woman, especially sb's wife or mother 老婆；老母亲；老妇人◆How is the old girl these days?老母亲近来好吗？IDIOMsee
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adj.girlgirlsgirl/ɡɜːl; NAmEɡɜːrl/
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girlgirl /ɡɜːl $ ɡɜːrl/ ●●●S1W1 noun [countable]
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1child a female child → boy: Both boys and girls can apply to join the choir.little/small/young girl I’ve known Mollie ever since I was a little girl.five-year-old girl/girl of ten etc The patient was a girl of 12. Girls! Please be quiet. a teenage girl► see thesaurus at
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2daughter a daughter → boy: They have two girls and a boy.somebody’s little girl How old’s your little girl (=someone’s young daughter) now? Time for bed, girls!3woman a word meaning a woman, especially a young woman, which is considered offensive by some women: I’ll invite some of the girls from the office. Steve’s married to a lovely Dutch girl.4the girls informal a group of women who are friends and often go out together: I’m going out with the girls tonight.5animal used when speaking to a female animal, especially a dog, cat, or horse → boy: Bring me the stick. Good girl!6girl American English spoken informal used by a woman when she is speaking to another woman she knows well: Hey, girl. What’s up?7 (you) go, girl! American English spoken informal used to encourage a girl or woman, or to say that you agree with what she is saying8girlfriend old-fashioned a word for a woman who you are having a romantic relationship withSYN girlfriend9my girl old-fashioned used by an older person when speaking to a girl or woman who is younger than they are, or when they are annoyed: Listen to me, my girl!10factory girl/shop girl/office girl old-fashioned a young woman who works in a factory, shop, office etc11servant old-fashioned a woman servant →