| 释义 |
ˈEnglishwoman
[f. English + woman.]
A woman who is English by descent, birth, or naturalization: see Englishman.
1530Palsgr. 217/1 Englysshewoman, anglesche. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 23 Never was any people under the Sun so sick..of new fashions as English-women. 1817Byron Beppo lxxxix, Where an Englishwoman sometimes faints, Italian females don't do so outright. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. VI. 42 Above all things let her remember to be a good English-woman. |