"ice maiden" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 冰美人
• 冷若冰霜的女人

Definition

「冰美人」指的是一個在情感上顯得冷淡、疏遠或難以接近的女性。通常形容很少展現感情的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常帶有負面或批評的意思。形容情感很冷淡，而不只是冷靜。常出現在文學、媒體或日常對話中。若用來評價女性，也可能有性別歧視的色彩。

Examples

They called her an ice maiden because she never smiled at work.

他們叫她**冰美人**，因為她在工作時從不微笑。

The main character in the story is described as an ice maiden.

故事中的主角被形容為**冰美人**。

Some people saw her as an ice maiden, but she was really very kind.

有些人認為她是**冰美人**，但其實她很善良。

Don't be fooled by her ice maiden reputation—she's just shy around new people.

別被她的**冰美人**名聲騙了──她只是對新人害羞。

Whenever things got emotional, she turned into a total ice maiden.

每當氣氛變得感性時，她就會變成一個**冰美人**。

You might think she’s an ice maiden, but she opens up once you get to know her.

你可能覺得她是個**冰美人**，但熟悉後她就會開朗起來。