a damsel
damsel 为可数名词,泛指时用不定冠词 a。
A damsel stood at the castle gate.
一位少女站在城堡门口。
少女;年轻未婚女子
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
少女;年轻未婚女子
a young unmarried woman
A damsel stood at the castle gate.
一位少女站在城堡门口。
多用于文学或旧式语境,指年轻未婚女子。
(贵族出身的)年轻女子。
A young woman (of noble birth).
少女;处女(无性经验)。
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
未婚年轻女子。
A young woman who is not married.
未婚的侍女。
An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
The knight rode quickly to rescue the damsel from the tower.
骑士快速骑马去塔楼救那位少女。
In the old painting, a damsel sits by the window reading a letter.
在这幅古画中,一位少女坐在窗边读信。
Two damsels walked through the garden, laughing and picking flowers.
两位少女穿过花园,一边笑一边采花。
damsel 为可数名词,泛指时用不定冠词 a。
A damsel stood at the castle gate.
一位少女站在城堡门口。
特指谈话双方已知的某位少女时,用定冠词 the。
The damsel smiled at the knight.
那位少女对骑士微笑。
修饰 damsel 的关系从句常用 who 或 that 引导。
The damsel who lived in the tower was kind.
住在塔楼里的那位少女很善良。
Not this
She is damsel.
Use this
She is a damsel.
damsel 是可数名词单数,作表语时前面需要冠词 a;汉语没有冠词,所以容易漏掉 a。加上 a 后,句子才符合英语可数名词单数的表达。
Not this
There are many damsel in the story.
Use this
There are many damsels in the story.
many 后接可数名词复数,damsel 的复数是 damsels;汉语名词没有复数变化,容易用原形,改成 damsels 才正确。
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落难少女
The knight rescued the damsel in distress.
骑士救下了那名落难少女。
美丽的少女
In the tale, a fair damsel lived by the lake.
在这个故事里,一位美丽的少女住在湖边。
搭救少女
He played the hero and rescued a damsel from the fire.
他扮演英雄,从火中搭救了一名少女。
落难女子;等待救援的少女
He always rushes to save a damsel in distress.
他总是急着去救落难的女子。
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记法:damsel 里有 dam(水坝),想象水坝旁站着一位少女——年轻未婚女子。
语域:mixed 常见场景:fairy tales、historical fiction、mock-archaic humor damsel 是偏文学/古旧的词,多用于童话、历史小说或故意模拟古语的口吻中,现代日常英语中很少使用。正式程度较高,有时带俏皮或戏谑意味。
chisel、hazel、puzzle 都以 /zəl/ 结尾,但它们的重读元音不同,所以与 damsel 并不押韵。morsel、tinsel 拼写上以 -sel 结尾,但读作 /səl/,不是 /zəl/。damage 以 /dæm/ 开头,与 damsel 的开头相同。
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