also girl-friend, by 1859 as "a woman's female friend in youth," from girl + friend (n.). As a man's sweetheart, by 1922. She-friend was used 17c. in the same set of senses, of the mistress of a man and of a woman who is a close friend of another.
双语例句
1. He had been behaving very meanly to his girlfriend.
他对女朋友一直非常刻薄。
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2. He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend being soppy.
他总是卿卿我我地跟女朋友煲电话粥。
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3. The boy didn't have a girlfriend, much less a wife.
这小伙子连女朋友都没有，更不用提老婆了。
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4. His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath.
他的女朋友进入证人席并立了誓。
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5. He had been going out with his girlfriend for seven months.
