- (also informal deb)(especially in the past)
a young, rich or upper-class woman who is going to fashionable social events for the first time 首次进入上流社交场合的富家年轻女子 a woman who is making her first public appearance, especially in sport or films; a female debutant 首次亮相： 首次露面，尤其是在体育或电影中露面的女人；一位女性新人The film, released on 15th July, also stars debutante Diana Penty. 这部于7月15日上映的电影也由初次登台的戴安娜·彭蒂主演。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French débutante (feminine) ‘leading off’, from the verb débuter.