Prima Donna

prima donna







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          1.    (歌劇中的)女主角;(音樂會中的)首席女歌手

          2.    【口】(尤指女性)自負的人;愛慕虛榮的人





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



prima donna (n.) 

  

A prima donna (plural is prima donnas) is a principal female singer in an opera or concert group and by extension anyone—male or female—



who exhibits some of the less admirable traits said to be typical of such performers: vanity, sensitivity, temperament, and willfulness. 



Pronounce it either PRIM-uh DAH-nuh or PREE-muh DAH-nuh. See FOREIGN PLURALS.