woman
noun
uk/ˈwʊm.ən/us/ˈwʊm.ən/pluralwomenuk/ˈwɪm.ɪn/us/ˈwɪm.ɪn/A1[C]
anadultfemalehumanbeing:
成年女子，女人She's a reallynicewoman.她真是个非常好的女人。
A woman and two men werearrestedthedayafter theexplosion.爆炸后的第二天，一名妇女和两名男子被逮捕。
Women first got thevoteinBritainin 1918.在英国，妇女于1918年首次取得选举权。
She is Ireland's first woman(=female)president.她是爱尔兰的第一位女总统。
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anadultwholivesandidentifiesasfemalethough they may have been said to have a differentsexatbirth:
She was the firsttranswomanelectedto anationaloffice.
mary is a woman who wasassignedmaleatbirth.
[C]informal
awifeorfemalesexualpartner:
妻子；情人Apparently, Jeff has a new woman.显然杰夫又有女人了。
[U]
women ingeneral:
女性He is writing abookon therepresentationof woman inmedievalart.他正在写一本关于中世纪艺术如何表现女性的书。
See also
womankindold-fashioned
womenfolkold-fashioned
- A woman with aclipboardstoppedus in thestreettoaskus somequestions.
- Her newfilmdealswith therelationshipbetween a woman and hersickdaughter.
- It is anillnesswhichafflictswomen more than men.
- In the 1920s,shorthairfor womenbecamethevogue.
- Thepainterhasmanagedtocaptureeverynuanceof the woman'sexpression.