Woman

['wʊmən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an adult female person (as opposed to a man); 'the woman kept house while the man hunted'.

(noun.) 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'.

埃罗尔校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

(n.) The female part of the human race; womankind.

(n.) A female attendant or servant.

(v. t.) To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.

(v. t.) To make effeminate or womanish.

(v. t.) To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

編輯:沃尔夫冈

解釋/意思:

n. the female of man an adult female of the human race: the female sex women collectively: a female attendant:—pl. Women (wim′en).—v.t. to cause to act like a woman to unite to a woman (both Shak.): to call a person 'woman' abusively.—n. Wom′an-bod′y (Scot.) a woman used disparagingly.—adjs. Wom′an-born born of woman; Wom′an-built built by women.—adv. Wom′anfully like a woman.—adj. Wom′an-grown grown to womanhood.—ns. Wom′an-hāt′er a misogynist; Wom′anhood the state character or qualities of a woman.—adj. Wom′anish having the qualities of a woman: feminine.—adv. Wom′anishly.—ns. Wom′anishness; Wom′ankind Wom′enkind women taken together: the female sex.—adj. Wom′an-like like a woman.—n. Wom′anliness.—adj. Wom′anly like or becoming a woman: feminine.—adv. in the manner of a woman.—ns. Wom′an-post (Shak.) a female messenger; Wom′an-quell′er a killer of women; Wom′an-suff′rage the exercise of the electoral franchise by women.—adjs. Wom′an-tired (Shak.) hen-pecked; Wom′an-vest′ed wearing women's clothes.—Woman of the town a whore; Woman of the world a woman of fashion.—Women's rights the movement of women towards personal and proprietary independence.—Play the woman to give way to weakness.

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