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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

dame [dem] [deɪm]
  1. 1. noun [Dame]原义授予贵夫人称号[现仅作拟人用法]:Dame Care 卡尔夫人
    Dame Care
    卡尔夫人
  2. 2. noun 骑士团的女成员
  3. 3. noun 老妇人,(年长有威望的妇女主妇
  4. 4. noun [Dame]夫人
  5. 5. noun [Slang] 女人女孩少女

Collins English-English Dictionary

dame [deɪm]
  1. 1. n [Brit] pantomime dame the role of a comic old woman in a pantomime, usually played by a man
  2. 2. n (formerly) a woman of rank or dignity; lady
  3. 3. n a nun who has taken the vows of her order, esp a Benedictine
  4. 4. n [Archaic] [chiefly Brit] a matronly or elderly woman
  5. 5. n [Slang] [chiefly US and Canadian] a woman
  6. 6. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French, from Latin domina lady, mistress of a household

Examples

I hope Dame Fortune tells me where I can find my love.
我希望命运女神告诉我在哪可以找到真爱。
Impressive as it is, however, Dame Edna's show is no more than a star vehicle.
尽管很感人,但是埃德娜夫人的剧本不再是明星代表剧目。
My mother lived till eighty,a canty dame to the last.
我母亲活到了八十岁,到最后也是个活泼的妇人。
Look at the ice on that dame!
看那个女爵士头上的钻石!
Dame Judith
the grande dame of fashion
昨晚我梦游巴黎,在梦中我看到了巴黎圣母院。
Last night I dreamed of traveling to Paris and seeing Notre-Dame de Paris.

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