lass

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /læs/    美 /læs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
    — Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!
  2. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.; A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass. specifically
    — Jenny Hill, a pale, overwrought, pretty Salvation lass of 18, comes in through the yard gate, leading Peter Shirley, a half hardened, half worn-out elderly man, weak with hunger.
  3. A sweetheart. Geordie,Wearside,especially
    — But firſt him ſeemed fit, that vvounded Knight / To viſite, after this nights perillous paſſe, / And to ſalute him, if he vvere in plight, / And eke [also] that Lady his faire louely laſſe.
  4. A female servant; a maid, a maidservant. Northern-England,Scotland
    — […] I'll tell ye that after we are done wi' our supper, for it will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room.
    […] I'll tell you that after we are done with our supper, for it will maybe not be so well to speak about it while that long-eared rogue of a maidservant is going capering in and out of the room.
  5. A term of address for a woman, or a female animal. Scotland,familiar
    — As fair art thou, my bonie laſs, / So deep in luve am I; / And I will luve thee ſtill, my Dear, / Till a' the ſeas gang dry.

词形变化

lasses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
buffer lass currency lass hallelujah lass lassie lasslorn lassock lassy our lass wor lass

词源

From Middle English las, lasce, lasse (“female infant or child; young woman”), traditionally derived from Old Norse lǫskr (“unmarried”, adjective); see Middle English las for more.
Cognates
Scots lass, lassie
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