那位女士本人
敬稱停在一個人身上之後，就固定下來了，所以它像名字一樣用，前面加 the。
noun · B2
In the Christian religion, Mary, the mother of Jesus. The name is used with the in front of it, and it is most common in the Catholic church and in writing about art.
聖母瑪利亞
核心畫面
One way to hold this word is as a polite way of saying my lady, spoken while looking up at someone. The source gives the Italian parts as ma, my, and donna, lady. First the title lands on one woman, Mary, and stays with her. Then it slides onto the things that show her, so a painted board or a figure can be called a madonna too. Then it slides again onto any woman who is looked at that way, up on a shelf and admired for being pure. The looking-up never leaves the word, and that is why it can praise and trap at the same time.
一種想法是：這個字裡面有一個「抬頭看」的動作。來源說它的義大利文是 ma（我的）加 donna（女士），也就是「我的…更多收起
一種想法是：這個字裡面有一個「抬頭看」的動作。來源說它的義大利文是 ma（我的）加 donna（女士），也就是「我的女士」。這個敬稱先停在一個人身上，就是耶穌的母親瑪利亞。接著它移到「畫她、刻她的東西」上，所以一塊畫板、一尊木雕也能叫 a madonna。再接著它移到「被那樣看待的女人」身上，被放上台座、因為純潔而被景仰。那個抬頭看的姿勢一直都在。也正因為如此，這個字可以同時是讚美，也是框架。From the word’s history
The source entry gives Madonna as Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (my) plus donna (lady), and calls it a doublet of madam. So the modern uses all sit on a form of address meaning my lady.
來源資料說 Madonna 來自義大利文 madonna，也就是舊義大利文的 ma（我的）加 donna（女士），並指出它跟 madam 同源。所以今天的每個用法，底下都是同一句「我的女士」。
Wiktionary entries for Madonna (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1250296353:10903 and kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1250307256:4836): "From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (my) + donna (lady)… Doublet of madam."
Three branches
畫她、刻她的東西
名字從人移到了作品上。因為作品是一件一件的，這個用法才數得出來。
noun · B2
A picture or figure of Mary, the mother of Jesus, most often one that shows her holding the baby Jesus. It is countable, so you can say a madonna and several madonnas.
聖母像
拿來當名字
宗教上的稱呼成了人的名字，這在很多語言裡都會發生。它跟核心的關係是命名，不是比喻。
noun · B1
Madonna (born 1958), an American pop singer and film actress who was one of the most successful pop musicians of the 1980s and 1990s, known for songs such as Like a Virgin and Papa Don't Preach and for films such as Desperately Seeking Susan and Evita.
瑪丹娜（歌手）