lioness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female lion (animal).
    — Residents on the south-western outskirts of Berlin are being urged to stay indoors after overnight sightings of a “loose, dangerous animal”, suspected to be an escaped lioness.
  2. A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity). figuratively
    — The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leading lionesses of London literary society.
  3. A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week. obsolete
    — When "lionesses" visiting Oxford for the gay doings of commemoration week spend a morning at Merton, they should look out for Antony Wood's mural tablet in the chapel, […]

词形变化

lionesses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
African lioness lionesslike mountain lioness werelioness

词源

From Middle English leonesse, lyonesse, from Old French leonesse, lionesse; equivalent to lion + -ess.
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