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girl、maid、maiden与daughter这些名词都含有“姑娘、女孩子”之意。
girl : 指7岁到12岁左右的女孩,与boy相对,广义指未婚的女孩。
Two girls showed us round the classrooms.
两个女孩领着我们参观了教室。She saved a little girl from falling into the water.
她救下一个眼看要落入水中的小女孩。Don was deep in conversation with the girl on his right.
唐与他右边的女孩在专心交谈。
maid : 指闺女或未婚的年轻女子,也可以指女佣人或宾馆的女服务员。
亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。
Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.In the beach resort, the apartments and villas have daily maid service.
海滩度假地的公寓和别墅里每天都有女佣打扫。In California many illegal immigrants work as maids and gardeners.
在加利福尼亚,许多非法移民当女佣、保姆和园丁。
maiden : 指少女,处女或未婚女子。
In the story, the prince woos and wins the fair maiden.
在故事里,王子向那位美丽的姑娘求婚并赢得了她的芳心。stories of knights and fair maidens
关于骑士和美女的故事
daughter : 指女子对父母而言的概称,不涉及年龄的大小。
Liz and Phil have a daughter and three sons.
莉兹和菲尔有1个女儿和3个儿子。He invested his life savings in his daughter's business.
他把一生的积蓄投资到了女儿的企业。You should be ashamed of treating your daughter like that.
你这样对待自己的女儿应该感到羞愧。