首页英语词典womanwoman的意思

woman

英 ['wʊmən] 美['wʊmən]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词female matron lady

反义词

n. 妇女；女性；成年女子

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词态变化

复数: women;

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1. 谐音“无man”-----也就是“无男人”，那自然就全是女人、妇女了，想想“女儿国”吧，要是咱身在女儿国得多幸福啊！想想都觉得爽啊！啪！小强你这贱人又开始YY了！

中文词源

woman 女人

缩写自古英语wifman,女人，wif-,女人，词源同wife,man,人。

英英释意

1. an adult female person (as opposed to a man);: "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

2. women as a class;: "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"

3. a human female who does housework;: "the char will clean the carpet"

4. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man;: "he was faithful to his woman"

英文词源

woman: woman: [OE] A woman is etymologically a ‘wife-man’ – that is to say, a ‘female person’. The word was compounded in the Old English period from wīf ‘woman’ (source of modern English wife) and man ‘person’ (source of modern English man). Already by the end of the Old English period the f of wifman was disappearing, giving wiman, and the influence of the w sound started to turn this into woman in the 13th century. Woman did not finally oust the two more ancient words for ‘female person’, wife and the now obsolete quean, until the end of the Middle English period.
=> man, wife
woman (n.): "adult female human," late Old English wimman, wiman (plural wimmen), literally "woman-man," alteration of wifman (plural wifmen) "woman, female servant" (8c.), a compound of wif "woman" (see wife) + man "human being" (in Old English used in reference to both sexes; see man (n.)). Compare Dutch vrouwmens "wife," literally "woman-man."
It is notable that it was thought necessary to join wif, a neuter noun, representing a female person, to man, a masc. noun representing either a male or female person, to form a word denoting a female person exclusively. [Century Dictionary]
The formation is peculiar to English and Dutch. Replaced older Old English wif and quean as the word for "female human being." The pronunciation of the singular altered in Middle English by the rounding influence of -w-; the plural retains the original vowel. Meaning "wife," now largely restricted to U.S. dialectal use, is attested from mid-15c. Woman-hater "misogynist" is from c. 1600. Women's work is from 1660s. Women's liberation is attested from 1966; women's rights is from 1840, with an isolated example in 1630s.

同义词辨析

female, woman, lady

这些名词都有"女性"之意。

female与male"男(性)的，公的，雄的"相对，强调性别，可指人或动物，但除用于科学和统计上外，大多含贬义。

woman与man相对，侧重成年妇女的特点，系成年妇女的通称。

lady与gentleman相对，强调所谓高贵的气质、品德和教养等。也指对女性的礼貌称呼。

考试真题

Highly superior autobiographical memory' ( ' , or HSAM for short), first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named Jill Price.

By conventional standards, Leah was a typical successful woman before she changed her career.

A young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her unusual memory.

Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span.

It keeps many otherwise qualified women off the runway.

It has great influence on numerous girls and women.

And Record and Austin are worried not just about the models themselves, but about the vast number of girls and women their images influence.

Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.

Russians also get up an hour later on International Women's Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives.

"highly superior autobiographical memory" or HSAM for short, first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named jill Price.

A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yam Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.

I met a woman once, an Italian.

Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?

That's what we call it in the workplace, " says a woman in her 20s.

There was a woman with four kids.

We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design.

They advocated equity between men and women.

The involvement of more women in fashion design.

Many have argued that the women designers of this time were able to project their own clothing values into a new style.

It laid emphasis on women's beauty.

Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women, willing or not.

Fashion in America was logical and answerable to the will of the women who wore it.

Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as the modern woman depended on no personal maid to dress her.

American designers prized resourcefulness and the freedom of women who wore the clothing.

Women's elevated status.

In American Woman's Home, published in 1869, the Beecher sisters recommended a scientific approach to household management, designed to enhance the efficiency of a woman's work and promote order.

A place where women could work more efficiently.

Stress levels increased 18% for women and 24% for men from 1983 to 2009.

That’s what hard-working men and women say to justify their lavish vacations, big stereo systems or regular restaurant meals.

One Chicago woman, for example, discovered that daily lunches with coworkers cost her 2,000 dollars a year.

In recent years, the death rate among American centenarians—people who have lived to age 100 or older—has decreased, dropping 14% for women and 20% for men from 2008 to 2014.

The Love Food, Hate Waste campaign entered into a collaboration last year with another such network — the Women's Institute.

And it's refreshing to see a strong, curious, clever woman adding her voice to the scientific discourse and a field that has been traditionally dominated by man.

In 1892, The Gentlewoman's Book of Sports described a woman swimming in a heavy dress, boots, hat, gloves and carrying an umbrella.

But on top of that, Merian, a German-born woman who lived in the Netherlands, also managed a successful career as an artist, botanist, naturalist and entomologist.

Some of these images include figures never seen before in France, such as a woman playing a stringed instrument, possibly a character from mythology.

The first woman to cross the English Channel was Gertrude Ederle in 1926.

The woman was 5 feet tall.

This is still disputed, but it's clear that the woman reputed for writing it was one of America's most fascinating characters.

Today, the pioneering woman of the sciences has re-emerged.

Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped him learn more about an unidentified woman whose skeleton was found near Great Salt Lake.

A 90-year-old has been awarded "woman of the year" for being Britain's oldest full-time employee-still working 40 hours a week.

A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air to the right woman.

A week went by, a woman called to speak to Alice.

A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope.

According to the author, the woman was probably enjoying herself.

Approaching the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window.

At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 metres Olympic gold.

Axani wrote in his post that he is not looking for anything in return and that the woman who uses the looking for ticket can choose to either travel with him or take the ticket and travel on her own.

Between the ages of about 12 and 50, women produce hormones that are involved in fertility (生育能力).

Both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries.

But when he finally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: "Who are you? What antique shop?" However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the call.

Educated woman do better in looking after children.

Every man, woman, and child over ten years of age has on average over four cups a day.

Feeling good, I emptied my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park.

For whom does the woman buy the T-shirt?

He can't help the woman with her math.

He said the lucky woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.

Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless.

Her years of hard work have finally been acknowledged after a customer nominated her to be cheshire's woman of the year.

How does the woman feel about James' situation?

How does the woman feel about James' situation？.

How does the woman feel now?

How does the woman go to work?

How long is the woman going to stay at the hotel?

How much does the woman need to pay for the minibus?

How much will the woman pay for her room per night?

How much will the woman pay her room per night?

How often will the woman have on-the-job training?

How will the woman get back from the railway station?

I got a rescue call from a woman in muttontown.

I turned around and saw a pleasant woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip.

In fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks.

In the following few days, the men and women helping rockaway recover inspired Natalie.

It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them.

It was a woman, pushing an old shopping trolley which was piled with bags.

Just as I approached my car, I saw the woman I'd let have my car spot earlier.

Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

No sooner did she leave my doorstep than I had emails from two women whose kids go to my son's nursery and who recognized my face.

Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

On which of following days will woman work?

One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women.

She became an arizona state senator and , in 1981, the first woman to join the u.

She encouraged a sense of community社区 by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need in 1931, addams became the first American woman to win the nobel peace prize.

Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile.

Some experts say that women will become more effective managers than men because they have the power to reach common goals in a way that traditional male managers cannot.

Statistics show that the average number of births per woman has fallen from 4.

That isn't a reason to stop, it's just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a white.

The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

The woman gives the man so many choices.

The woman often eats out for breakfast.

The woman should go to another counter.

The woman sitting at the desk, seeing my madness, sympathetically jumped up.

They were written mostly by women.

Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom.

Today, many men and women in their "golden years" are healthy, still active, and young in mind if not in age.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view.

When Sandra Day O'Connor finished third in her class at stanford law school, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman.

Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party.

Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes – and beautifully.

The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women ( ' , and many men) that they should not let others be arbiters of their beauty.

It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.

France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women.

Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice shows up: The divorced male doesn't have a waiting period before he can remarry while the woman must wait ten months.

In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.

It may involve not only his parents and his friends, as well as those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker.

Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes-and beautifully.

词组搭配

be one's own woman

见 own

the little woman

a condescending way of referring to 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

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

(one's) own woman

Independent in judgment or action

在判断或行动上独立的女人

She has always been her own woman.
她一向很独立

to a woman

Without exception.

没有例外

实用场景例句

men, women and children: 男人、女人和儿童

a 24-year-old woman: 24岁的女子

I prefer to see a woman doctor.: 我希望让女医生给我看病。

(informal)She's all woman! (= has qualities that are typical of women): 她是典型的女人。

an Englishwoman: 英格兰女人

a businesswoman: 女商人

a Congresswoman: 女议员

a horsewoman: 女骑师

We used to have a woman to do the cleaning.: 我们曾雇过一位女工打扫卫生。

Be quiet, woman!: 安静，你这个臭娘儿们！

He's got a new woman in his life.: 他生活中又有了一个女人。

Working for herself meant that she could be her own woman.: 独立工作意味着她能够自主。

...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

...the oppression of woman.: 对妇女的压迫

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。

...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。

I know my woman will never leave me.: 我知道我的女人永远不会离开我。

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。

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？

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。