- (also informal deb)(especially in the past)
a young, rich or upper-class woman who is going to fashionable social events for the first time 首次进入上流社交场合的富家年轻女子 a woman who is making her first public appearance, especially in sport or films; a female debutant The film, released on 15th July, also stars debutante Diana Penty. 这部电影于7月15日发行,还出演了首演的戴安娜·潘蒂(Diana Penty)。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French débutante (feminine) ‘leading off’, from the verb débuter.