daughter

英 ['dɔːtə] 美['dɔtɚ]

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复数: daughters;

daughter 女儿

来自PIE*dhugheter, 女儿，可能来自拟声词，婴儿吸奶的声音。-ter, 词源同father, mother.

daughter: daughter: [OE] Daughter is an ancient word which goes back to Indo-European *dhughə tēr. Apart from Latin and the Romance languages (with filia and its descendants) and Celtic (Welsh has merch), all the Indo-European languages have inherited this form: Greek had thugátēr, Armenian dustr, Old Slavic dusti (whence Russian doch’), and Sanskrit duhitar-.

The prehistoric Germanic word was *dohtēr, which produced Gothic dauhtar, German tochter, Dutch dochter, Swedish dotter, Danish datter, and of course English daughter. It is not known where the Indo-European word ultimately came from, although correspondences have been suggested with Sanskrit duh- ‘milk’ and Greek teúkho ‘make’.
daughter (n.): Old English dohtor, from Proto-Germanic *dokhter, earlier *dhukter (cognates: Old Saxon dohtar, Old Norse dottir, Old Frisian and Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Gothic dauhtar), from PIE *dhugheter (cognates: Sanskrit duhitar-, Avestan dugeda-, Armenian dustr, Old Church Slavonic dušti, Lithuanian dukte, Greek thygater). The common Indo-European word, lost in Celtic and Latin (Latin filia "daughter" is fem. of filius "son"). The modern spelling evolved 16c. in southern England. Daughter-in-law is attested from late 14c.

1. It's plain that he adores his daughter, and the feeling is mutual.: 明摆着他很喜欢自己的女儿，而且女儿也喜欢他。

2. His daughter was very active and noisy in the mornings.: 他的女儿一到上午就很好动，吵吵闹闹的。

3. She even claimed the couple's daughter was possessed by the devil.: 她甚至宣称那对夫妇的女儿被魔鬼附了体。

4. He wants to transfer some money to the account of his daughter.: 他想把一些钱转到女儿的账户上。

5. She shared her daughter's disdain for her fellow countrymen.: 她和女儿都瞧不起自己的同胞。