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heroine的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈherouin]
KK音标发音： [ˈhɛroɪn]

heroine的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A woman noted for courage and daring action.
女英雄：因勇气与无畏的行为而出名的女人

2. A woman noted for special achievement in a particular field.
女杰出人物：在某特定领域因特殊成就而著名的女人

3. The principal female character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation.
女主角：一部小说、诗歌或戏剧表演中的主要女性角色

heroine的词源：

4. Latin h?r?^on?, h?r?&9{ona}
拉丁语 h?r?^on?, h?r?&9{ona}

5. from Greek h?r?in? [feminine of] h?r?s [hero] * see hero
源自 希腊语 h?r?in? [] h?r?s的阴性词 [英雄] *参见 hero

heroine的用法：

6. The word hero should no longer be regarded as restricted to men in the sense “a person noted for courageous action,” though heroine is always restricted to women. The distinction between heroine and hero is still useful, however, in referring to the principal character of a fictional work, in as much as the virtues and qualities that become a traditional literary heroine like Elizabeth Bennet or Isabel Archer are generally quite different from those that become a traditional literary hero like Tom Jones or Huckleberry Finn.
单词hero 不应该仅限于指男人， 因为它有“因勇敢行为而出名的人”的意思，尽管heroine 仅用于女人。 heroine 与 hero 之间的区别用于区分虚构的作品中的主要人物仍然有用， 因象伊丽莎白·贝内特或伊莎贝拉·阿彻这样的传统文学上的女主角与象汤姆·琼斯或哈克贝利·费恩这样的传统的文学上的男主角的美德与品质，一般说来，有很大不同