汉语称谓语“小姐”词义演变一波三折,褒贬交替,感情色彩也随之发生变化,由于其仍旧存在的敏感性,现今大多数人会有意无意的避讳“小姐”一词,而另一词“美女”正广泛流行并有取代“小姐”作为称谓语的强烈趋势。本文拟从“小姐”的词源入手,分析其语义变化及其社会原因,并由此探讨“美女”广泛流行的客观原因。 Due to the sensitivity of its existence, most people nowadays will consciously or unconsciously shy away from the word “miss”, and the other is the word “miss” The word “beauty ” is widely popular and has the strong tendency to replace “Miss ” as appellation. This essay starts with the etymology of “Miss” and analyzes its semantic changes and its social reasons, and then probes into the objective reasons for the widespread popularity of “Beauty ”.