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daughter 音標拼音: [d'ɔtɚ] n. 女兒,婦女;產物 女兒,婦女;產物 daughter n 1: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [synonym: {daughter}, {girl}] [ant: {boy}, {son}] Daughter \Daugh"ter\, n.; pl. {Daughters}; obs. pl. {Daughtren}. [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d[=o]ttir, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da['u]htar,, OSlav. d[u^]shti, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt[=e], Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit[.r]; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. [root]68, 245.] 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals. [1913 Webster] 2. A female descendant; a woman. [1913 Webster] This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. --Luke xiii. 16. [1913 Webster] Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. --Gen. xxxiv. 1. [1913 Webster] 3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. [1913 Webster] And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. --Ruth. i. 11. [1913 Webster] 4. A term of address indicating parental interest. [1913 Webster] Daughter, be of good comfort. --Matt. ix. 22. [1913 Webster] {Daughter cell} (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See {Cell division}, under {Division}. [1913 Webster] 57 Moby Thesaurus words for "daughter": aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, child, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, descendant, father, first cousin, foster brother, foster child, frater, grandchild, granddaughter, grandnephew, grandniece, grandson, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, heiress, kid brother, mother, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, offspring, scion, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, son and heir, sonny, stepbrother, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepsister, stepson, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother {node} pointed to by a {parent}, i.e. another node closer to the {root node}. (1998-11-14) Daughter This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate, (1.) A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6). (2.) Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion of a place; as, "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 3:16), "daughters of the Philistines" (2 Sam. 1:20). (3.) Small towns and villages lying around a city are its "daughters," as related to the metropolis or mother city. Tyre is in this sense called the daughter of Sidon (Isa. 23:12). (4.) The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 37:22). (5.) The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22). (6.) The "daughters of music" (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women. |
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