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mrs

/mis-iz, miz-iz/US // ˈmɪs ɪz, ˈmɪz ɪz //UK // (ˈmɪsɪz) //

共和国总统夫人,共和国,共和国总统先生,共和国总统府

Definitions

  1. 1

    plural Mmes. [mey-dahm, -dam]. /meɪˈdɑm, -ˈdæm/.

    • : a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman: Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Susan Jones.
    • : a title prefixed to a mock surname that is used to represent possession of a particular attribute, identity, etc., especially in an idealized or excessive way: Mrs. Punctuality.

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Examples

  • Mrs. Kouachi works at a nursery and has worn the veil since she made the pilgrimage to Mecca in 2008.

  • There was the empathetic way she dealt with the revelation that Mrs. Baxter is a former criminal.

  • J Crew did not give back the money it incidentally made off of Mrs. Obama.

  • “I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.

  • The campaign was known to palace insiders as “Operation Mrs. PB.”

  • Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

  • Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.

  • But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.

  • Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.

  • He reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.