woman

名词 woman:

1. an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
   同义词：adult female
2. women as a class
   同义词：womanhood, fair sex
3. a human female who does housework
   同义词：charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady
4. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

1. The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.
   那位妇人说结婚20年来，听不到她丈夫的呼噜声，她就睡不着觉。
2. The woman in this painting has a pensive smile.
   这幅画上的女人脸上露出忧郁的微笑。
3. The dower of the woman is very much.
   那个妇女的嫁妆很多。
4. She seems a pleasant woman.
   她似乎是一个友善的女人。
5. She is a career woman rather than a housewife.
   她是职业妇女而不是家庭主妇。
6. Woman is physically but not mentally weaker than man.
   女子在体力上而不是智力上比男子弱。

wom.an

n.（名词）
【复数】 wom.en[wm.n]
An adult female human being.
女人：女性成人
Women considered as a group; womankind:
女人（总称）：被看作为一个群体的女人；妇女：
例句：
.Woman feels the invidious distinctions of sex exactly as the black man does those of color.(Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
.女人所感受到的歧视待遇，与黑人所受的种族歧视并无差异.(伊丽莎白·卡迪·斯坦顿)

An adult female human being belonging to a specified occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination:
女人：属于一个特定的职业、团体、国籍或其他的种类的成年女性人类。经常用于合成词：
例句：
Englishwoman; congresswoman; saleswoman.
英国女人；女议员；女推销员

Feminine quality or aspect; womanliness.
女性特征；女人味
A female servant or subordinate.
女拥人或女下属
Informal
【非正式用语】
A wife.
妻子
A lover or sweetheart.
爱人或情人
A representative, as of a company.
代表，如公司代表
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
经常用来修饰另外一个名词：
例句：
a woman athlete; a woman electrician.
女运动员；女电工技师

<习惯用语>(one`s) own woman
Independent in judgment or action:
在判断或行动上独立的女人：
例句：
She has always been her own woman.
她一向很独立

to a woman
Without exception.
没有例外
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English wimman
源自 古英语 wimman
variant of wofman
wofman的变体
wof [woman]
wof [女人]
man [person] * see man
man [人] *参见 man

【引伸】
wom.anless
adj.（形容词）