diva

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++di·va /ˈdiːvə/ noun [countable] 1 a very successful and famous female singer 著名女歌唱家 opera diva Jessye Norman 著名歌剧女歌唱家杰茜·诺曼n2 a famous or important woman who behaves badly or gets angry when people do not give her the attention or treatment she thinks she deserves She's such a diva - she walked out of the interview because she thought the interviewer was rude.

Examples from the Corpus

diva• She had sailed into the studio like a diva, wearing a magenta coat and matching cap.• Frequent cancellations, no matter what the excuse, make a diva seem a dangerously risky investment.• For battling divas, intimidation is a stock-in-trade.• Soulful divas wail to great effect.• But the diva emerges and she faces the camera crew.• And Martha is the diva of details.Origin diva (1800-1900) Italian “female god”