babe

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

babe [babe babes] BrE [beɪb] NAmE [beɪb] noun
1. (old use)a baby
2. (slang)a word used to address a young woman, or your wife, husband or lover, usually expressing affection but sometimes considered offensive if used by a man to a woman he does not know
•What're you doing tonight, babe?
3. (informal)an attractive young woman
more at out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) at ↑mouth _n.
Idiom: ↑babe in arms

Word Origin:
late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech. Compare with ↑baby.

Example Bank:
•What're you doing tonight, babe?

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  baby, sister, infant