woman
n. (成年)女子,女性; 婦女
A woman is an adult female human being.
...a young Lithuanian woman named Dayva.
名叫戴娃的立陶宛年輕女子
...men and women over 75 years old.
75歲以上的男女
You can refer to women in general as woman .
...the oppression of woman.
對婦女的壓迫
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...
她酷愛戶外運動。
I'm too old to have a dog now. I'm a cat woman.
我太老了,養不了狗。我喜歡養貓。
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歲的倫敦女子
The headmistress was an Oxford woman.
女校長畢業於牛津大學。
Some people refer to a man's wife, lover, or girlfriend as his woman .
I know my woman will never leave me.
我知道我的女人永遠不會離開我。
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...
又有一位成功的工黨女代表就任議員。
That's Judith Croft, the CND woman.
那個就是朱迪絲·克羅夫特, 核裁軍運動女代表。
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,你知不知道這會惡名遠揚?
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.
她知道她作了一個正確的決定。她又獨立自主了。
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
這些名詞都有"女性"之意。
be one's own woman
見 own
the little woman
小女人(表示稱呼妻子的傲慢說法)
my good woman
(英,舊)女人(表示稱呼女子的傲慢說法)
woman of letters
女學者;女作家;女文人
woman of the streets
(舊,婉)妓女,娼妓
woman of the world
woman to woman
女人對女人,(兩個女人間)直接坦白的方式
(one's) own woman
在判斷或行動上獨立的女人
to a woman
沒有例外
She was a scholarly woman who had specialized in Italian literature at university.
她是個學問精深的女人,她在大學裡讀的專業是義大利文學.
The woman is always feeling after vanity.
這女人一貫追求虛榮.
She was, in her own memorable phrase,'a woman without a past '.
用她自己的令人記憶深刻的話來說, 她“歷史清白 ”.
His jokes about woman drivers went down like a lead balloon.
他講了不少女人駕車的笑話,但沒人笑.
The old law could sentence a woman to an unbearable marriage for life, but this is now all changing.
舊法律能夠迫使婦女終身接受不堪忍受的婚姻, 但這種情況現在已經完全改變了.