damsel
英语
编辑其他形式
编辑- damoisel, damoiselle, damosel, damozel (古舊)
词源
编辑源自中古英語 dameisele，源自古法語 damoisele，源自通俗拉丁語 *domnicella，古典拉丁語 domina (“女士”)的指小词，源自dominus，源自*demh₂-。demoiselle、doncella、 和 donzella 的同源對似詞。
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编辑名词
编辑damsel (複數 damsels)
- 贵族少女
- 处女
- 未婚少女，闺女
- 未婚宫女
- 磨坊的钟锤
- 1843, The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (volume 4, page 263)
- The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]
- 1843, The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (volume 4, page 263)