girlhood

['gə:lhud]

n.少女时期

例句与用法：

One of a class of professional women in Japan trained from girlhood in conversation, dancing, and singing in order to lend an atmosphere of chic and gaiety to professional or social gatherings of men.

艺妓日本职业妇女的一种，从儿童时起就被训练招待、跳舞、唱歌，为了男子制造一种欢乐愉悦的气氛的职业或社会聚会

She spent her girlhood in Africa.

她的少女时代是在非洲度过的。

详细释义：

n.

1. 少女时代, 少女时期[S1][U]

in one's girlhood

在少女时代

She had a happy girlhood.

她有个快乐的少女时代。

2. (总称)少女们