woman
n. (成年)女子,女性; 妇女
A woman is an adult female human being.
...a young Lithuanian woman named Dayva.
名叫戴娃的立陶宛年轻女子
...men and women over 75 years old.
75岁以上的男女
You can refer to women in general as woman .
...the oppression of woman.
对妇女的压迫
If you say that a woman is, for example, a gambling woman or an outdoors woman, you mean that she likes gambling or outdoor activities.
She is an avid outdoors woman...
她酷爱户外运动。
I'm too old to have a dog now. I'm a cat woman.
我太老了,养不了狗。我喜欢养猫。
If you say that a woman is, for example, a London woman or an Oxford woman, you mean that she comes from London or Oxford, or went to university there.
...a 38-year-old London woman...
38岁的伦敦女子
The headmistress was an Oxford woman.
女校长毕业于牛津大学。
Some people refer to a man's wife, lover, or girlfriend as his woman .
I know my woman will never leave me.
我知道我的女人永远不会离开我。
You can refer to a female representative of a company or organization as that company or organization's woman .
Yet another successful Labour woman took her seat...
又有一位成功的工党女代表就任议员。
That's Judith Croft, the CND woman.
那个就是朱迪丝·克罗夫特, 核裁军运动女代表。
People sometimes address a woman as woman when they are ordering her to do something or when they are angry or impatient with her. This use could cause offence.
Do you realize, woman, the scandal and publicity that will be involved?
臭婆娘,你知不知道这会恶名远扬?
If you say that a woman is her own woman, you approve of the fact that she makes her plans and decisions herself, and does not depend on other people.
She knew she had made the right decision. She was her own woman again.
她知道她作了一个正确的决定。她又独立自主了。
1. an adult female person (as opposed to a man);
2. women as a class;
3. a human female who does housework;
4. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man;
female, woman, lady
这些名词都有"女性"之意。
be one's own woman
见 own
the little woman
小女人(表示称呼妻子的傲慢说法)
my good woman
(英,旧)女人(表示称呼女子的傲慢说法)
woman of letters
女学者;女作家;女文人
woman of the streets
(旧,婉)妓女,娼妓
woman of the world
woman to woman
女人对女人,(两个女人间)直接坦白的方式
(one's) own woman
在判断或行动上独立的女人
to a woman
没有例外
She was a scholarly woman who had specialized in Italian literature at university.
她是个学问精深的女人,她在大学里读的专业是意大利文学.
The woman is always feeling after vanity.
这女人一贯追求虚荣.
She was, in her own memorable phrase,'a woman without a past '.
用她自己的令人记忆深刻的话来说, 她“历史清白 ”.
His jokes about woman drivers went down like a lead balloon.
他讲了不少女人驾车的笑话,但没人笑.
The old law could sentence a woman to an unbearable marriage for life, but this is now all changing.
旧法律能够迫使妇女终身接受不堪忍受的婚姻, 但这种情况现在已经完全改变了.