duenna

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman.
    — 'Madam, I have a secret to tell you.' Now the very word secret is enough to rouse any one's curiosity; and, giving a quick glance round to see if her duennas were on the alert, she prepared to listen, and I saw that her eye had caught sight of the letter.
  2. A governess or nanny.

词形变化

duennas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
duennadom duennaship

词源

From Old Spanish duenna or dueña, from Vulgar Latin donna, from Latin domina (“Lady”). Doublet of dame.
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