woman
woman
(pl. women )
be one's own woman
womanless
adjective
womanlike
adjective
语源
(pl. women )
- an adult human female
成年女子，妇女
■a female worker or employee
女工；女职员
■a wife, girlfriend, or lover
妻子；女朋友；情妇
he wondered whether Billy had his woman with him.
他想知道比利是否带了他的女朋友。
■[with modifier]a female person associated with a particular place, activity, or occupation
女人，女性
a young Clacton woman.
一位克拉克顿的少妇。
■[in sing.]female adults in general
［总称］女人，女子
woman is intuitive.
女人直觉敏锐。
■a female who is paid to clean someone's house and carry out general domestic duties
女仆；打杂女佣；使女
■a peremptory form of address to a woman
（盛气凌人的称呼）女人
don't be daft, woman!.
别傻了，女人。
be one's own woman
- 见 own
- a condescending way of referring to man's wife
小女人（表示称呼妻子的傲慢说法）
- (Brit. dated)a patronizing form of address to a woman
(英，旧)女人（表示称呼女子的傲慢说法）
you're mistaken, my good woman.
你错了，女人。
- a female scholar or author
女学者；女作家；女文人
- (dated)used euphemistically to refer to a prostitute
(旧，婉)妓女，娼妓
- 见 world
- in a direct and frank way between two women
女人对女人，（两个女人间）直接坦白的方式
womanless
adjective
womanlike
adjective
语源
- Old English wīfmon, -man (see wife, man), a formation peculiar to English, the ancient word being wife
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