| 单词 | woman-born |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoman-born woman-born adj. and n. (a) adj. born of a woman; human; mortal; (b) n. a person who is born from a woman; a human; (also) such people collectively. ΘΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > of a woman woman-born1781 1781 W. Cowper Charity 181 Canst thou..Buy what is woman-born, and feel no shame? 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. x. 277 His the other pile, By whose peculiar power and patronage Aztlan was blest, Mexitli, woman-born. 1842 J. Wilson Christopher North (1857) I. 217 Nor in those days needed he [sc. Burns] help from woman-born. 1865 E. FitzGerald tr. P. Calderón de la Barca Mighty Magician i. i. 19 Him, the woman-born, Who is one day to bruise the serpent's head. 1901 R. Kipling Kim iv. 112 But to none among men, if so be thou art woman-born, has my heart gone out as it has to thee—thoughtful, wise, and courteous, but something of a small imp. 1998 M. Bond & P. Michael Mother's World Introd. p. xv No matter..how wide the gulf of gender, culture, race, class, and time, all of us are woman-born—everyone has a mother. < as lemmas |
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