| 单词 | woman |
| 释义 | woman (wʊmən ) Word forms: women 1. countable noun A1 A woman is an adult female human being. ...a young Lithuanian woman named Dayva. ...men and women over 75 years old. ...women prisoners. 2. uncountable noun You can refer to women in general as woman. ...the oppression of woman. 3. countable noun [supplement NOUN] 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. I'm too old to have a dog now. I'm a cat woman. 4. countable noun [n-proper N] 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. The headmistress was an Oxford woman. 5. countable noun [with supplement] You can refer to a female representative of a company or organization as that company or organization's woman. [journalism] Yet another successful Labour woman took her seat. She was a senior BBC woman. 6. countable noun [poss NOUN] Some people refer to someone's wife, lover, or girlfriend as their woman. [informal] Synonyms: girlfriend, girl, wife, partner 7. vocative noun 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. [offensive] 8. See also career woman 9. woman enough to/for phrase If you say that a woman is woman enough to do something, you mean that she has the necessary courage or ability to do it. She is woman enough to maintain her own identity. If you're not seen playing pool, you're not man enough or woman enough for this city. 10. my good woman convention People sometimes address a woman as my dear woman or my good woman. This form of address is often friendly, but can also suggest that the speaker feels superior to the person being addressed, and is best avoided. [British, old-fashioned, feelings] Oh my good woman, you've outdone yourself. I haven't enjoyed a dinner so much in months. That, my dear woman, is the difference between fact and fiction. 11. be your own woman phrase [VERB inflects] 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. [approval] She knew she had made the right decision. She was her own woman again. 12. to a woman phrase If you say that a group of women are, do, or think something to a woman, you are emphasizing that every one of them is, does, or thinks that thing. [emphasis] Indeed, to a woman, the female footy fans I've discussed the issue with over the past few weeks are very critical of the organization. Synonyms: without exception, as one, every one, unanimously 13. See also woman-to-woman 14. the woman in the street phrase If you talk about the man in the street or the woman in the street, you mean ordinary people in general. The average man or woman in the street doesn't know very much about immune disorders. 15. woman about town phrase If you describe someone as a man about town or a woman about town, you mean that they are sophisticated, like to go out and spend money, and have a busy social life. He was known as a tall, handsome man about town. 16. woman of the world phrase If you say that someone is a man of the world or a woman of the world, you mean that they are experienced and know about the practical or social aspects of life, and are not easily shocked by immoral or dishonest actions. Look, we are both men of the world, would anyone really mind? ...an elegant, clever and tough woman of the world. -woman (-wʊmən ) combining form [ADJECTIVE noun] -woman combines with numbers to indicate that something involves the number of women mentioned. ...a seven-woman team. Idioms: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned said to mean that women often react to something which hurts or upsets them by behaving very angrily and viciously Faithless husbands who doubt that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned should read Tolleck Winner's novel `Love With Vengeance' and beware. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 女人 Japanese: 女性 |
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