In Ireland, a colleen is a girl or a young woman. It is a warm, slightly old-fashioned word — the kind you meet in songs, stories, and tourist talk more than in a Dublin office on a Monday.

In Ireland在愛爾蘭 a colleen「colleen」 is指的是 a girl or a young woman女孩或年輕女性。It它 is是 a warm, slightly old-fashioned word一個溫暖、有點老派的字 the kind you meet more你比較會 in songs, stories, and tourist talk在歌曲、故事和觀光宣傳裡聽到 than in a Dublin office on a Monday而不是在都柏林辦公室的某個星期一。

English borrowed it from Irish cailín, which simply means “girl”.

English英文 borrowed it from Irish cailín是從愛爾蘭語的cailín借來的 which simply means "girl".這個字單純就是指「女孩」。

Though actually, most people outside Ireland now meet Colleen as a woman’s first name, and Hollywood helped that along in the 1920s (there is also the spelling Coleen). In Ireland itself it is not really used as a given name.

Though actually不過 most people outside Ireland愛爾蘭以外大多數人 now meet Colleen現在遇到Colleen as a woman's first name是把它當作女性的名字 and而 Hollywood helped that along in the 1920s好萊塢在1920年代推了一把 (there is also the spelling Coleen)（也有Coleen這種拼法）。In Ireland itself在愛爾蘭本地 it is not really used as a given name它其實不太被當作名字使用。

If you call someone a colleen today, you are usually reaching for an Irish flavour, not making a careful, everyday description of any young woman.

If you call someone a colleen today如果你今天叫某人colleen you are usually reaching for an Irish flavour通常是想營造一種愛爾蘭風味 not making a careful, everyday description of any young woman而不是在認真、日常地描述某個年輕女性。