单词 | self-made woman |
释义 | > as lemmasself-made woman self-made woman n. originally U.S. a woman who has achieved wealth, status, etc., through personal effort or hard work, rather than by accident of birth, esp. one who has come from a poor background. ΚΠ 1849 Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 20 Jan. 2/3 She is one of those self-educated, self-made women, whom the State should generously cherish. 1903 C. P. Woolley Western Slope iii. 84 Imagination quails a little before the self-made woman, who has ‘carved her own career’. 1962 O. E. Klapp Heroes, Villains, & Fools ii. 97 She will compromise her femininity as a..self-made woman. 2017 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 27 Apr. She is a self-made woman with big goals and ambitions. < as lemmas |
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