/gɜ:l ||; gɝl/noun[C] 1 a female child 女孩: Is the baby a boy or a girl? 生了个男孩还是女孩？There are more boys than girls in the class. 班上男生比女生多。
2 a daughter 女儿: They have two boys and a girl. 他们有两个儿子，一个女儿。
3 a young woman 年轻女子: He was eighteen before he became interested in girls. 他到十八岁才开始对女孩子产生兴趣。The girl at the cash desk was very helpful. 柜台那个女收款员很热心助人。
4 girls [pl] a woman's female friends of any age （女人的）任何年纪的女性朋友或女伴: a night out with the girls 跟女伴们外出的一个晚上