woman
noun
ˈwʊmən
noun
1
FEMALE PERSON
女性
an
adult
female
person
成年女子，妇女
C
I
was
talking
to
a
woman
I
met
on
the
flight.
我正和一个在飞机上认识的女子交谈。
married
women
已婚妇女
a
popular
women’s
magazine
一本受欢迎的女性杂志
When
a
woman
is
pregnant,
the
levels
of
hormones
in
her
body
change.
女人怀孕时，体内的荷尔蒙含量会发生变化。
woman
priest/doctor
etc
(a
priest
etc
who
is
a
woman)
女牧师/女医生等
Ireland’s
first
woman
president
爱尔兰的第一位女总统
women
artists
女艺术家
2
ANY WOMAN
任何女人
women
in
general
[正式] 〔总称〕女人
singular 单数 | formal
A
woman’s
work
is
never
done
(=used
to
say
that
women
have
a
lot
to
do)
.
女人的活儿永远干不完。
3
businesswoman/spokeswoman etc
a
woman
who
has
a
particular
kind
of
job
女商人/女发言人等
Congresswoman
Ellen
Tauscher
国会女议员埃伦．陶舍
4
another woman/the other woman
a
woman
that
a
man
is
having
a
sexual
relationship
with,
even
though
he
is
married
to
someone
else
[非正式] 已婚男人的情人/情妇
informal
I’m
sure
he’s
got
another
woman.
我敢肯定他另有女人了。
5
be your own woman
to
make
your
own
decisions
and
be
in
charge
of
your
own
life,
without
depending
on
anyone
else
独立自主，不依赖他人
6
PARTNER
伴侣
a
word
meaning
a
wife
or
girlfriend,
which
many
women
find
offensive
[口] 老婆; 女朋友〔许多妇女认为这具有冒犯性〕
spoken
Did
he
bring
his
new
woman
with
him?
他带新女朋友来了吗？
7
FORM OF ADDRESS
称呼形式
a
rude
way
of
speaking
to
a
woman
when
you
are
angry,
annoyed
etc
[过时，不礼貌] 婆娘〔生气、恼怒时对妇女的粗鲁称呼〕
old-fashioned not polite
8
SERVANT
佣人
a
female
servant
or
person
who
does
cleaning
work
for
you
in
your
house
女佣，女仆;
C