| 单词 | lady |
| 释义 | lady (once / 40 pages) n An old-fashioned or extremely polite word for "woman" is lady. A waiter who's trying to be charming might say, "Can I get anything else for you ladies?" There are instances when lady is the right word to use, but woman almost always sounds more modern and appropriate. Public speakers and announcers commonly use the phrase "ladies and gentlemen" to address a group of men and women, and if you're meeting a noblewoman, she may very well expect to be called "Lady Gertrude." Sometimes, ironically, lady is used in a rough, rude way: "Hey lady, out of my way!" WORD FAMILYlady: forelady, ladies, ladylike+/forelady: foreladies/ladylike: ladylikeness, ladylikest, unladylike USAGE EXAMPLESAn ambulance arrives, but, as it rushes to the hospital, it runs over an old lady, so it stops and picks her up, too. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) They function as franchisees in an “Avon lady”-style business. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “The lady in the back started getting really upset,” he recalls. Time(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a polite name for any woman a nice lady at the library helped me Hypo|Hyper begum a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) 2n a woman of refinement a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady Syn|Hypo|Hyper dame, gentlewoman, ma'am, madam grande dame a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected madametitle used for a married Frenchwoman adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) Lady (once / 58 pages) n WORD FAMILY Lady: Ladies USAGE EXAMPLESThe evening includes show tunes from Broadway favorites like “My Fair Lady,” “The Sound of Music” and “Carousel.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The collection includes some 86,000 objects, among them da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” and Rembrandt’s “Landscape with the Good Samaritan.” Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Northwestern State: The Lady Demons entered the game with a 79.6 percent showing from the free-throw line, which ranked 6th in the nation. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) n a woman of the peerage in Britain Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper noblewoman, peeress Lord, noble, nobleman a titled peer of the realm Duchess of Ferrara Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519) Lady Godivaaccording to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080) Lady Emma HamiltonEnglish beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815) Marquise de MaintenonFrench consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) Francoise-Athenais de RochechouartFrench noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707) Jeanne Antoinette PoissonFrench noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) baroness a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron countessfemale equivalent of a count or earl duchessthe wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right lady-in-waitinga lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess marchioness, marquisea noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess Miladyan English noblewoman grand duchessthe wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right female aristocrat a woman who is an aristocrat |
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