daugh·ter /ˈdɔtɚ/
女兒,婦女;產物
daugh·ter /ˈdɔtɚ/ 名詞
女兒,子體,子核,子系,衰變產物,子細胞
Daugh·ter n.; pl. Daughters obs. pl. Daughtren
1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
2. A female descendant; a woman.
This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. --Luke xiii. 16.
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. --Gen. xxxiv. 1.
3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. --Ruth. i. 11.
4. A term of address indicating parental interest.
Daughter, be of good comfort. --Matt. ix. 22.
Daughter cell Biol., one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.
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daughter
n : a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her
old age" [syn: girl] [ant: son, son]
Daughter
This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to
designate, (1.) A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12;
24:48; 28:6). (2.) Women as natives of a place, or as professing
the religion of a place; as, "the daughters of Zion" (Isa.
3:16), "daughters of the Philistines" (2 Sam. 1:20). (3.) Small
towns and villages lying around a city are its "daughters," as
related to the metropolis or mother city. Tyre is in this sense
called the daughter of Sidon (Isa. 23:12). (4.) The people of
Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 37:22).
(5.) The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22). (6.)
The "daughters of music" (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women.