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woman/ˈwʊmən/n. (pl. women /ˈwimin/) 1 an adult human female 成年女子，妇女 2 the female sex; any or an average woman (总称)女性，女人 how does woman differ from man? 女人和男人有什么不同？ 3 colloq. a wife or female sexual partner [口]妻子；情人 4 (prec. by 前接 the) emotions or characteristics traditionally associated with women 女子的感情；女子的气质 brought out the woman in him 显出了他的女人气 5 colloq. a man with characteristics traditionally associated with women [口]女子气的男人 6 (作 attrib.) female 女的，女性的 woman driver 女司机; women friends 女性朋友 7 (as second element in comb. 在复合词中作第二构词成分) a woman of a specified nationality, profession, skill, etc. 有特定国籍、职业、专长等的女人 Englishwoman 英国女人; horsewoman 女骑手，女骑师 8 colloq. a female domestic help [口]女仆；打杂女工 9 archaic or hist. a queen's etc. female attendant ranking below lady [古义] [史义]宫廷女侍；女婢 woman of the bedchamber 寝室侍女 □ womanless adj.□ womanlike adj.[Old English wīfmon, -man (as WIFE, MAN), a formation peculiar to English, the ancient word being WIFE] |