heroine

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n. 巾帼英雄, 烈妇, 女主角 [化] 海洛因; 二醋吗啡; 二乙酰吗啡

发音

US /ˈhɪɹoʊɪn/
IN /hiro.ɪn/
UK /ˈhɛɹəʊɪn/
US /ˈhɛɹoʊɪn/

词形变化

heroines 复数

别名

heroin

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A female hero.

    女英雄

    女主角

    英雌

    女主人公

    烈女

  2. 2.

    A female lead character.

    'Oh,' said Mr Carrados with an amused and deepening interest, 'so in addition to being the heroine of the adventure you wrote it up?'

  3. 1.

    Dated form of heroin.

    过时 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Characteristic of a heroine; heroic.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

woman part character role persona

相关短语

tragic heroine mother heroine Byronic heroine Byronic hero

词源

From Latin hērōīna, from late Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη (hērōḯnē) (2nd century), a feminine equivalent of ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero, demigod”), equivalent to hero + -ine (suffix forming feminine nouns). * English from 1587. The sense of "female lead character" is from 1715.

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