| 英语单词 | madam |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['mædəm] 美 ['mædəm] |
| 中文释义 | n.夫人;女士;太太 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This way please, madam. (2) That poor madam has lost all contact with reality. (3) Madam Curie is a French professor of physics . (4) She's a real little madam! (5) Our manager will be up in a minute, madam. (6) Will you have your eggs turned over madam? (7) We are open 24 hours a day, madam. (8) Would you please sign here, madam? |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这边请,夫人。 (2) 那位可怜的夫人脱离了现实生活。 (3) 居里夫人是一位法国物理学教授。 (4) 她是个十足的小姐! (5) 我们的经理将马上到,女士。 (6) 太太,您的蛋要两面煎吗? (7) 我们24小时营业,太太。 (8) 太太,可以请您在这里签字吗? |
| vocabulary简明 | Madam is a very formal way to address a woman, particularly an older or married woman. A waiter at a fancy restaurant might say, "Your table is ready, madam." |
| vocabulary扩展 | If a stranger calls a woman madam, he probably sees her as a mature, dignified person. If the woman is younger, she is more likely to be called "miss," and sometimes madam is abbreviated as "ma'am." Another kind of madam is a woman who owns or runs a house of prostitution. Madam comes from the French phrase ma dame, "my lady." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VOC 称呼名词](尊称)女士,太太 People sometimes say Madam as a very formal and polite way of addressing a woman whose name they do not know or a woman of superior rank. For example, a shop assistant might address a woman customer as Madam . [politeness]
2 [N-VOC 称呼名词](正式或商业信函的开头称呼语)尊敬的女士 You use the expression 'Dear madam' at the beginning of a formal letter or a business letter when you are writing to a woman.
3 [N-VOC 称呼名词](用于Chairman一类词语前称呼担任这一职位的女性)夫人 Madam is sometimes used in front of words such as 'Chairman' to address the woman who holds the position mentioned. [N n]
4 [N-COUNT; N-VOC 可数名词;称呼名词]顽皮的小女孩;自以为是的小姑娘;喜欢使唤他人的女孩 You can call a little girl a madam if you are annoyed because she is being naughty and behaving as if she expects other people to do what she wants. [disapproval] [mainly BRIT 主英] [SPOKEN 口语]
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