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daughters 音标拼音: [d'ɔtɚz] 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] |
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