woman
/ˈwʊmən/noun
(pl.women /ˈwɪmɪn/)
1- an adult human female成年女子, 妇女。
1.1
- a female worker or employee女工; 女职员。
1.2
- a wife, girlfriend, or lover妻子; 女朋友; 情妇：
he wondered whether Billy had his woman with him.
他不知道比利是否带了他的女朋友。
1.3
- 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。
1.4
- in sing. female adults in general总称女人, 女子：
woman is intuitive.
女人直觉敏锐。
1.5
- a female who is paid to clean someone's house and carry out general domestic duties女仆; 打杂女佣; 使女。
1.6
- a peremptory form of address to a woman（盛气凌人的称呼）女人：
don't be daft, woman.
别犯傻了, 女人。
短语
be one's own woman
- 见OWN.
the little woman
- a condescending way of referring to a man's wife小女人（表示称呼妻子的傲慢说法）。
my good woman
- 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。
woman of letters
- a female scholar or author女学者; 女作家; 女文人。
woman of the streets
- dated used euphemistically to refer to a prostitute〈旧, 婉〉妓女, 娼妓。
woman of the world
- 见WORLD.
woman to woman
- 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。
派生词
womanless
adjectivewomanlike
adjective词源