damsel

[US]/'dæmz(ə)l/
[UK]/'dæmzl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 少女;年轻女人 美术作品中常见的年轻女性形象。
Word Forms
复数damsels

Phrases & Collocations

damsel in distress

被困的少女

rescue the damsel

营救少女

Example Sentences

attendant damsels to help to disarray her.

女招待们帮着把她的衣服脱了。

When I got a flat tyre I had to wait for my boyfriend to come and help me, like a true damsel in distress!

爆胎时,我不得不等男朋友来帮忙,真成了落难女子。

Damsels in Armor is a civics lesson of another order: 24 unsanctioned monuments testifying to war’s truly brutal cost.

让少女穿着盔甲(参战)是公民的另一种状况:24家尚未被批准的纪念馆证实了这一残酷的事实。

a distressed damsel in distress

一个处境困难的少女在苦恼

a beautiful damsel in distress

一个美丽的少女在困境中

rescue the damsel in distress

解救处境困难的少女

a damsel in need

一个需要帮助的少女

Real-world Examples

I used to be a damsel in distress.

我是常常处于忧伤中的女孩。

Source: Taylor Swift 13

She is no damsel in distress.

她不是危难中的少女。

Source: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

I'm not some damsel in distress. I'm Supergirl!

我才不是落难少女 我是超女!

Source: Super Girl Season 2 S02

If I see one scorpion, I am getting on someone's shoulders and never coming down.And there's your damsel.

如果我看见一个蝎子,我就跳上你们谁的肩膀永远都不下来吗,你遇到的是需要帮助的少男。

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

Until now, this job has been nothing but damsels and bankers.

之前 这工作不过是救救姑娘 银行家。

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

You see, Lily, there are no fairy tales, no damsels in distress.

看到没,莉莉,没有什么童话故事没有什么落难少女。

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

Had they met accidentally, or had Fogg gone into the interior purposely in quest of this charming damsel?

这个年轻的女人难道会是在旅途中碰巧认识了这位斐利亚·福克吗?

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Possibly my crippling clumsiness was seen as endearing rather than pathetic, casting me as a damsel in distress.

也说不定是大家觉得我笨手笨脚的,挺可爱而不是挺可怜,把我看成了一个需要保护的小姑娘。

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

No.You were there in the road. All damsel in distress-like. And I knew it would piss off Stefan.

不。你就那样在大马路上。完全是个落难的少女。而且我知道这样会惹毛Stefan。

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

She will be swept aside for a feisty Argentinean damsel.

她会被一个充满活力的阿根廷少女代替。

Source: Miranda Season 1

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