fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek (Ionic) melissa (Attic melitta) "honeybee," also "one of the priestesses of Delphi," from PIE *melit-ya, suffixed form of *melit- "honey" (cognates: Greek meli, Latin mel "honey; sweetness;" Albanian mjal' "honey;" Old Irish mil "honey," Irish milis "sweet;" Old English mildeaw "nectar," milisc "honeyed, sweet;" Old High German milsken "to sweeten;" Gothic milit "honey").
雙語例句
1. Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?
為什么梅利莎會一個人在超市里面費勁地轉來轉去？
來自柯林斯例句
2. Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade.
梅利莎像喝檸檬汽水一樣大口地喝著加奎寧水的杜松子酒。
來自柯林斯例句
3. You've got to hand it to Melissa, she certainly gets around.
你不得不佩服梅利莎，她到哪里都吃得開。
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4. Melissa slid in beside Paula, and her husband sat opposite.