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princess

noun
 
🔊/ˌprɪnˈses/, 🔊/ˈprɪnses/
🔊/ˈprɪnses/
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  1.  
     a female member of a royal family who is not a queen, especially the daughter or granddaughter of the king or queen（除女王或王后外的）王室女成员；（尤指）公主
    • the royal princesses王室女成员
    • Princess Anne安妮公主
    see also crown princessTopics People in societyb1
  2.  
     the wife of a prince王妃；王公贵族夫人
    • princess of… the Princess of Wales威尔士王妃
    Topics People in societyb1
  3. (disapproving) a young woman who has always been given everything that she wants, and who thinks that she is better than other people（受宠溺而自以为优越的）娇小姐
  4. (British English, informal) used as a form of address by a man to a girl or young woman（男子对女孩或年轻女子的称呼）大小姐
    • Is something the matter, princess?有什么事吗，大小姐？🔊🔊
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French princesse, from prince, from Latin princeps, princip- ‘first, chief, sovereign’, from primus ‘first’ + capere ‘take’.