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Definition of demoiselle in English: demoisellenoun ˌdɛmwɑːˈzɛlˌdemwäˈzel 1A small, graceful Old World crane with a black head and breast and white ear tufts, breeding in south-eastern Europe and central Asia. 蓑羽鹤 Anthropoides virgo, family Gruidae Example sentencesExamples - Demoiselle Cranes are the smallest and second most abundant crane species.
- When first brought to France from the steppes of Russia, the Demoiselle Crane was so named by Queen Marie Antoinette, for its delicate and maiden-like appearance.
- Two Demoiselle Cranes were tracked successfully from Mongolia to India.
- Lightweight satellite transmitters were attached to a handful of migratory Demoiselle Cranes.
- Keeping us company were a demoiselle crane on the shore and a flock of waders in the water.
2A damselfly, especially an agrion. 豆娘蜓（尤指色蟌） Example sentencesExamples - The Banded Demoiselle, like all Dragonflies and Damselflies, is a fierce predator.
- The Banded Demoiselle belongs to a group of insects called Odonata (meaning toothed jaws) that includes Dragonflies and Damselflies.
- Banded Demoiselle larvae need the permanent slow-flowing water of rivers, streams and some canals.
- The banded demoiselle males have a metallic bluish-green body with a central band of blackish-blue pigment on the wings.
- The Banded Demoiselle only lives for a week or two as an adult, but spends most of its life as a larva (or nymph) underwater.
3A damselfish. 雀鲷，豆娘鱼 Example sentencesExamples - As we neared the bow, schools of blue maomao, sweepers and demoiselles gradually thickened.
- Cape Brett, where you find the famous Hole in the Rock, is a nice scenic dive with huge shoals of demoiselles, blue maomao, koheru and the odd eagle ray.
- What's more, the dominant demoiselle seemed to flaunt her power, chasing her underlings and pinning them into corners of the aquarium.
- Every inch is taken up by plants and animals in a riot of colour, a living mosaic over which patrol vividly coloured wrasse and dense shoals of demoiselles and blue maomao.
- The tropical fish tank came fully equipped: pumps, filters, hoses, light fixtures, coral arrangements, and a small cadre of lively black-and-white-striped damselfish, also called demoiselles.
4archaic, literary A young woman. 〈古或诗/文〉年轻女子 Example sentencesExamples - Twelve years were to pass before Françaix wrote his next ballet, ‘Les demoiselles de la nuit) (The Ladies of the Night).
- Though his chevaliers are fluent, and faintly half-win the attention of their distractedly listening demoiselles in their silky striped dresses that cling to, then loosen from, their coquettish forms, they all pursue separate dreams.
- France shipped boatloads of demoiselles bien choisies (women of good health and upbringing), or filles du roi (king's girls), to raise the numbers and help settle New France.
- ‘Mon demoiselle,’ Garnier said with the slightest hint of sadness, ‘Can you not be courteous to me for this one visit?’
- The goddess, clad in a diaphanous robe, overawes the medieval demoiselles who have gathered to admire their reflections in a mountain pool.
Synonyms young woman, young lady, miss
OriginEarly 16th century (in sense 4): from French, from Old French dameisele 'damsel'. RhymesAdele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell Definition of demoiselle in US English: demoisellenounˌdemwäˈzel 1A small, graceful Old World crane with a black head and breast and white ear tufts, breeding in southeastern Europe and central Asia. 蓑羽鹤 Anthropoides virgo, family Gruidae Example sentencesExamples - When first brought to France from the steppes of Russia, the Demoiselle Crane was so named by Queen Marie Antoinette, for its delicate and maiden-like appearance.
- Keeping us company were a demoiselle crane on the shore and a flock of waders in the water.
- Demoiselle Cranes are the smallest and second most abundant crane species.
- Two Demoiselle Cranes were tracked successfully from Mongolia to India.
- Lightweight satellite transmitters were attached to a handful of migratory Demoiselle Cranes.
2A damselfly, especially of the genus Agrion. 豆娘蜓（尤指色蟌） Example sentencesExamples - The banded demoiselle males have a metallic bluish-green body with a central band of blackish-blue pigment on the wings.
- The Banded Demoiselle, like all Dragonflies and Damselflies, is a fierce predator.
- The Banded Demoiselle only lives for a week or two as an adult, but spends most of its life as a larva (or nymph) underwater.
- The Banded Demoiselle belongs to a group of insects called Odonata (meaning toothed jaws) that includes Dragonflies and Damselflies.
- Banded Demoiselle larvae need the permanent slow-flowing water of rivers, streams and some canals.
3A damselfish. 雀鲷，豆娘鱼 Example sentencesExamples - What's more, the dominant demoiselle seemed to flaunt her power, chasing her underlings and pinning them into corners of the aquarium.
- As we neared the bow, schools of blue maomao, sweepers and demoiselles gradually thickened.
- Cape Brett, where you find the famous Hole in the Rock, is a nice scenic dive with huge shoals of demoiselles, blue maomao, koheru and the odd eagle ray.
- The tropical fish tank came fully equipped: pumps, filters, hoses, light fixtures, coral arrangements, and a small cadre of lively black-and-white-striped damselfish, also called demoiselles.
- Every inch is taken up by plants and animals in a riot of colour, a living mosaic over which patrol vividly coloured wrasse and dense shoals of demoiselles and blue maomao.
4literary, archaic A young woman. 〈古或诗/文〉年轻女子 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Mon demoiselle,’ Garnier said with the slightest hint of sadness, ‘Can you not be courteous to me for this one visit?’
- Though his chevaliers are fluent, and faintly half-win the attention of their distractedly listening demoiselles in their silky striped dresses that cling to, then loosen from, their coquettish forms, they all pursue separate dreams.
- Twelve years were to pass before Françaix wrote his next ballet, ‘Les demoiselles de la nuit) (The Ladies of the Night).
- France shipped boatloads of demoiselles bien choisies (women of good health and upbringing), or filles du roi (king's girls), to raise the numbers and help settle New France.
- The goddess, clad in a diaphanous robe, overawes the medieval demoiselles who have gathered to admire their reflections in a mountain pool.
Synonyms young woman, young lady, miss
OriginEarly 16th century (in demoiselle (sense 4)): from French, from Old French dameisele ‘damsel’. |