a girl or woman who is admired by many for doing something brave or good 女英雄；女豪杰 the heroines of the revolution 那场革命中的各位女英雄 She remains one of the unsung heroines of the Second World War. 她依然是默默无闻的二战女英雄之一。
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the main female character in a story, novel, film, etc. （故事、小说、电影等中的）女主人公，女主角 The heroine is played by Demi Moore. 女主角由黛米 · 摩尔扮演。 She has played several of Shakespeare's heroines—Portia and Juliet among them. 她演过莎士比亚戏剧中几个女主角－包括波希亚和朱丽叶。
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea2, Literature and writinga2Jane Eyre, the eponymous heroine of the novel by Charlotte Brontë 简・爱 － 夏洛蒂・勃朗特同名小说的女主人公 Violetta is one of the great tragic heroines of Verdi's operas. 维奥莱塔是威尔地歌剧中伟大的悲剧女主人公之一。 The story is narrated entirely by the heroine. 这个故事从头到尾都是女主人公讲述的。
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a woman that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that she has 崇拜的女人；女偶像 Madonna was her teenage heroine. 麦当娜是她十几岁时的偶像。 She was thrilled to be interviewing her childhood heroine. 能够采访她孩提时的女偶像，她简直欣喜若狂。
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Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘demigoddess, venerated woman’): from French héroïne or Latin heroina, from Greek hērōinē, feminine of hērōs ‘hero’.