plural girls
plural girls
Learner's definition of GIRL
1 [count]
a : a female child女孩 -
It's a girl! = She gave birth to a baby girl.她生了个女孩!
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a nine-year-old girl九岁的姑娘
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Ever since I was a (little/young) girl, I've wanted to travel.我还是个(小)女孩时就很想去旅行。
2 [count]
a : a young woman年轻女子 -
a group of teenage girls一群十几岁的姑娘
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a 19-year-old girl*19岁的姑娘
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His parents hope he'll soon find a nice girl, settle down, and get married.他父母希望他很快找个好姑娘,安顿下来结婚。
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When she was younger, she was a real party girl. [=a young woman who enjoys parties]她年轻时可是一朵交际花。
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She's a big star now, but her fans still think of her as the girl next door. [=a wholesome young woman from a middle-class family]她现在是大明星了,可她的粉丝仍然把她当作邻家乖乖女。
b : a usually young woman from a specified kind of place(来自某地的)年轻女子 3 informal
a the girls : the female friends or work partners of a woman viewed as a group(女人的)女友,女伴 -
Wait till the girls back home hear about this!等着女伴们回家来听听这事吧!
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Our boss thinks of herself as just one of the girls.我们老板认为她自己只是这帮女孩子中的一个。
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She went out dancing with the girls.她和女友们出去跳舞了。
b [count] : a woman of any age(任何年龄的)女子 —
often used as a friendly way for one woman to address another woman常用作女子之间友好的称呼 — girlhood
/ˈgɚlˌhʊd/ noun [noncount] — girlish
/ˈgɚlɪʃ/ adjective [more girlish; most girlish]
— girlishness
noun [noncount]