核心畫面

You can picture a 'girl' plus 'friend' stuck together — a female person who is close to you. The word then leans in two directions: close in a romantic way, or close in a friendship way.

可以想成 girl(女生)加 friend(朋友)黏在一起:一個和你很親近的女性。這個詞接著往兩個方向走——一種是愛更多收起可以想成 girl(女生)加 friend(朋友)黏在一起:一個和你很親近的女性。這個詞接著往兩個方向走——一種是愛情上的親近(女朋友),一種是友情上的親近(女性好友)。要靠上下文和地區判斷指的是哪一種。

From the picture

女性好友

同樣是「親近的女性」,但把愛情拿掉、只留下友情:一個女生彼此交心的女性朋友。

close female friend · noun · A2

A woman or girl's female friend (used especially in American English).

閨密/女性朋友

Also in this word

romantic partner · noun · A2

A woman or girl who is someone's romantic partner.

女朋友

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

girlfriendnoun/ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/

  • 1

    A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

    • Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
    • I was playing the acoustic guitar and my girlfriend was playing the drums.
  • 2

    datedA female friend of a woman or girl.

    • Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her girlfriend Jessica.
    • That story should have applied to golf. I took it up in a casual way; a girl friend of my wife had stayed with us for a week-end and left her clubs behind.
  • 3

    A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.

    • [Tim:] james huh? my lover carlos's best girlfriend is named james. [James:] yes, i know. i AM your lover carlos's best girlfriend james.
  • 4

    A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.

    • [Hanque:] girlfriend - how'r we doing? [Doug:] hi hanque, i'd like a capuccino and some lobster bisque.. [Caption:] (friendliness with the waitstaff is a good sign)

girlfriendverb/ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/

  • 1

    rareinformalTo be a girlfriend to (someone).

    • I was girlfriended during the past two years by a woman who worked an average job, and while we never lived together the assumption among our friends was we'd get married one day.
    • Most Black women don't spend their time sitting around and complaining about bm/wf and "girlfriending" each other.
  • 2

    rareinformalTo have (someone) as a girlfriend.

    • Back when I was single, I dated and girlfriended around quite a bit and found many responses to my VW buses.
    • > How does one "girlfriend", anyway? By getting a girlfriend. The act of obtaining a girlfriend is called girlfriending. Example: "...so, I hit her with the wrench, and she passed out. When she woke up, I told her that when she had ORIGINALLY gotten up, I girlfriended her and then knocked her out again, and she must have amnesia. Presto! Instant girlfriend!"

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。