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madame

/muh-dam, -dahm, ma-; mad-uhm; French ma-dam/US // məˈdæm, -ˈdɑm, mæ-; ˈmæd əm; French maˈdam //UK // (ˈmædəm, French madam) //

夫人,女士,太太

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mes·dames [mey-dam, -dahm; French mey-dam]. /meɪˈdæm, -ˈdɑm; French meɪˈdam/.

    • : a French title of respect equivalent to “Mrs.”, used alone or prefixed to a woman's married name or title: Madame Curie.
    • : a title of respect used in speaking to or of an older woman, especially one of distinction, who is not of American or British origin. Abbreviation: Mme.

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Examples

  • Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.

  • Madame Cézanne is ultimately about the figure in the portraits rather than the person, who remains a tantalizing enigma.

  • Last year, while filming the documentary “Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.?”

  • When Madame Tussauds unveiled their new waxwork of Kate, people queued up for a chance to feel “her” hair.

  • Hollywood Madame Michelle Braun told The New York Post in 2009 that Tiger Woods paid $60,000 for four escorts he saw six times.

  • Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.

  • Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.

  • Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

  • She took the fan from Madame Ratignolle and began to fan both herself and her companion.

  • Beside her was a box of bonbons, which she held out at intervals to Madame Ratignolle.