girl、maid、maiden与daughter这些名词都含有“姑娘、女孩子”之意。
girl : 指7岁到12岁左右的女孩，与boy相对，广义指未婚的女孩。
- Two girls showed us round the classrooms.
两个女孩领着我们参观了教室。 - She saved a little girl from falling into the water.
她救下一个眼看要落入水中的小女孩。 - Don was deep in conversation with the girl on his right.
唐与他右边的女孩在专心交谈。
maid : 指闺女或未婚的年轻女子，也可以指女佣人或宾馆的女服务员。
- 亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。
Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid. - In the beach resort, the apartments and villas have daily maid service.
海滩度假地的公寓和别墅里每天都有女佣打扫。 - In California many illegal immigrants work as maids and gardeners.
在加利福尼亚，许多非法移民当女佣、保姆和园丁。
maiden : 指少女，处女或未婚女子。
- In the story, the prince woos and wins the fair maiden.
在故事里，王子向那位美丽的姑娘求婚并赢得了她的芳心。 - stories of knights and fair maidens
关于骑士和美女的故事
daughter : 指女子对父母而言的概称，不涉及年龄的大小。
- Liz and Phil have a daughter and three sons.
莉兹和菲尔有1个女儿和3个儿子。 - He invested his life savings in his daughter's business.
他把一生的积蓄投资到了女儿的企业。 - You should be ashamed of treating your daughter like that.
你这样对待自己的女儿应该感到羞愧。
