colleen
colleen — 名詞
- colleensingular
- colleensplural
1. a young female person, either a child or a woman who has not been an adult for l
女孩；少女
年輕的女孩或剛成年的女子
a young female person, either a child or a woman who has not been an adult for long.
The shy colleen blushed when Salma praised her singing at the school concert.
Salma 稱讚害羞的少女在學校音樂會上的歌聲，少女臉紅了。
the + adjective + colleen as sentence subject
A young colleen stood at the bus stop, waiting for her friend.
一位年輕的女孩站在公車站，等她的朋友。
adjective + colleen: a young colleen
The colleen next door is only twelve and loves to ride her bike.
隔壁的女孩才十二歲，很喜歡騎腳踏車。
Yumi's little sister, a cheerful colleen of eight, ran across the playground.
Yumi 的小妹妹是個開朗的八歲女孩，跑過了操場。
apposition: a cheerful colleen of eight
文法句型
a/the + colleen
[adjective] + colleen
2. a young female person who comes from Ireland.
愛爾蘭少女
來自愛爾蘭的年輕女孩
a young female person who comes from Ireland.
Ishaan read a story about a colleen who lived in a small Irish village.
Ishaan 讀了一則故事，主角是住在愛爾蘭小村莊裡的少女。
colleen + who-clause about an Irish setting
The tourist took a photo of a colleen walking along a Galway road.
遊客拍下了一位走在戈爾韋道路上的愛爾蘭少女。
colleen + walking along [place in Ireland]
The song tells of a colleen from County Kerry who waited for her sailor.
這首歌講的是一位來自凱瑞郡的愛爾蘭少女，她在等她的水手。
pattern: colleen from [place in Ireland]
In the painting, a colleen from Cork carries a bucket of milk to the farm.
畫中一位來自科克的愛爾蘭少女提著一桶牛奶走向農場。
文法句型
colleen from [place in Ireland]