prima donna

noun

1. （歌剧演出或歌剧团的）首席女歌唱演员，女主角演员
   the main woman singer in an opera performance or an opera company
2. 妄自尊大而爱闹脾气者；恃才傲物者
   a person who thinks they are very important because they are good at sth, and who behaves badly when they do not get what they want

1. N-COUNT （歌剧中的）女主角，首席女歌手
   A prima donna is the main female singer in an opera.
   1. Her career began as prima donna with the Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company.
      事业刚起步的时候，她在皇家卡尔·罗莎歌剧团担任首席女歌手。
2. N-COUNT 恃才傲物的人；自命不凡的人；妄自尊大的人
   If you describe someone as a prima donna, you disapprove of them because they think they can behave badly or get what they want because they have a particular talent.
   1. Nobody who comes to this club is allowed to behave like a prima donna.
      加入这个俱乐部的任何人都不许自以为是。
   2. ...prima donna behaviour.
      自命不凡的行为

1. Her career began as prima donna with the Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company.
   事业刚起步的时候，她在皇家卡尔·罗莎歌剧团担任首席女歌手。
2. Nobody who comes to this club is allowed to behave like a prima donna.
   加入这个俱乐部的任何人都不许自以为是。
3. He too had worked with the man and said he was a prima donna and a bully, and that the only views he rated were his own.
   他也曾与这个人共事过，他说这个人自大又霸道，只在乎自己的看法。
4. It can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
   要么令你变得格外输不起，要么磨平你的棱角，消除你的不安全感，让你内在美好的东西流露出来。
5. He gained the reputation of being a selfish ball-hog, a malcontent, and a prima donna.
   以前他给人们的印象就是自私的粘球者，一个野心者和首席女主角。
6. A prima donna who is also an intensely serious artist.
   一位喜怒无常同时又对艺术一丝不苟的人。
7. In her new film, Victoria plays a prima donna television presenter.
   维多利亚在她的新片里扮演一位妄自尊大的电视节目主持人。
8. No one feels comfortable around a prima donna.
   跟自视甚高的人在一起，没有人会感觉舒服。
9. Disapproving He was behaving like a prima donna, complaining that his champagne was not cold enough.
   他表现得爱挑剔埋怨，直嚷嚷香槟酒不够冰。
10. The leading man; prima ballerina; prima donna; a star figure skater; the starring role; a stellar role; a stellar performance.
    饰男主角的演员；芭蕾舞首席女明星；首席女歌手；著名花样滑冰运动员；主要角色；重要角色；一流演出。
11. Director Steven Spielberg grew tired of Julia's prima donna antics and the crew quickly dubbed her as Tinkerhell.
    导演史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格对朱莉娅一成不变的主角定位感到厌倦，剧组很快就给她起了一个“小麻烦”的外号。

noun

1. a distinguished female operatic singer

   Synonym:    diva

2. a vain and temperamental person