diva

noun
🔊/ˈdiːvə/
🔊/ˈdiːvə/
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  1. a famous woman singer, especially an opera singer著名女歌唱家(尤指歌剧女主角)
    • the great diva Maria Callas伟大的女歌手玛丽亚·卡拉斯
    • pop divas like Beyoncé流行女神像碧昂斯
    Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiva is used after these nouns:
    • pop
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  2. a person who is difficult to please and demands a lot of attention
    • He was a real diva as a conductor, but not as a friend.他是指挥家,但不是朋友,真是个天才。
    • She yells, she's over the top. She's a diva!她大喊,她在上面。她是个女主角!
  3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: via Italian from Latin, literally ‘goddess’.