| 单词 | waterwoman |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaterwoman waterwoman n. a woman associated or having to do with water (in various ways); esp. a woman working on a boat or among boats (cf. waterman n. 1b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > woman waterwoman1636 boatwoman1707 1636 R. Basset tr. G. A. de Paoli Lives Rom. Emperors 363 In his [sc. Rupertus'] Reigne a Water-woman or Mermaid was taken in the Lake of Putmer, by those of Embden. 1665 A. Griffin Astrol. Judgem. Theft 27 The Moon [signifies] the Mother, Sister or Nurse, or otherwise some Tankerd-bearer, or a Water-woman, a Chair-woman or the like. 1711 J. Gale Refl. Wall's Hist. Infant-baptism 120 Which makes the Poet..charge the Water-Women here not to dip their Pitchers in the River on that day. 1762 O. Goldsmith in Brit. Mag. Jan. 34/2 The water-women of Plymouth. 1841 E. C. Bridgman Chinese Chrestomathy viii. 320 The term tán ká, literally egg families, is derived from the shape of the boats in which these watermen and waterwomen live. 1901 Artist July 105/2 Stolid Dutch peasants in a boat, which a stalwart waterwoman punts along the placid surface of a canal. 2013 Maryland loves Crabs 28/2 Our waterman friend John Van Alstine suggested we contact one of the very few female waterwomen actively working on the Bay. < as lemmas |
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