- [countable]
an adult female human 成年女子；妇女 a beautiful young woman 一位漂亮的年轻女子。 a 24-year-old woman 24 岁的女子 married/single women 已婚/单身女性 men, women and children 男人、女人和儿童 I prefer to see a woman doctor. 我希望让女医生给我看病。 a women's group/movement 妇女团体/运动
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa1, People in societya1Older women often have difficulty conceiving. 年龄较大的女性不容易怀孕。 The freedom to wear trousers became a symbol of women's liberation. 有穿裤子的自由成为妇女解放的标志。 The little girl she remembered was now a grown woman. 她记忆中的小女孩已出落成一个大姑娘了。 The thief tricked his way into an elderly woman's home. 窃贼使用欺骗的手段进入了一个老太太家。 There were important changes in the position of women in society. 女性的社会地位有了重大变化。 We want to change the way women are depicted in the media. 我们想要改变媒体眼中的女性形象。 Women are limited to the more poorly paid jobs. 女性仅限于做一些薪水较低的工作。 Women are reduced to merely playing a passive role. 妇女只能处于被动地位。 a United Nations report on violence against women 一份有关暴力伤害妇女的联合国报告 a hostel for battered women 受虐妇女收容所 a professor of women's studies 研究女性问题的教授 highly educated women who are successful in business 受过良好教育并在事业上取得成功的女人 Alcohol affects men and women differently. 酒精对男性和女性的作用不同。 The drug carries a warning against use by pregnant women. 这种药物带有警告孕妇不要使用。 There are many professional opportunities for young women today. 如今年轻女性有许多职业机会。 Two elderly women were sat at the next table. 两个老年妇女坐在邻桌。 She plays for the women's team. 她为女子队打球。 He is always surrounded by expensive cars and beautiful women. 他总是被昂贵的汽车和漂亮的女人包围着。 Among the middle-aged women, a large family size was associated with reductions in educational attainment. 在中年妇女中，大家庭的规模与受教育程度的降低有关。 She worked for women's rights. 她为女权而工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- young
- middle-aged
- elderly
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- marry
- depict
- portray
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- the oppression of women
- violence against women
- the position of women
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female humans in general （泛指）女性 - [countable]
(in compounds 构成复合词 a woman who comes from the place mentioned or whose job or interest is connected with the thing mentioned 来自…（或做…、喜欢…等）的女子 an Englishwoman 英格兰女人 a businesswoman 女商人 a Congresswoman 女议员 a horsewoman 女骑师
More About gendergender Ways of talking about men and women 表示男女的说法 - When you are writing or speaking English it is important to use language that includes both men and women equally. Some people may be very offended if you do not.
说写英语时，重要的是用词要把男女都包括在内，否则可能会冒犯某些人。
The human race 人类 - Man and mankind have traditionally been used to mean ‘all men and women’. Many people now prefer to use humanity, the human race, human beings or people.
man 和 mankind 传统上用以指所有男性和女性，不过，现在许多人喜欢用 humanity、the human race、human beings 或 people。
Jobs 职业 - The suffix -ess in names of occupations such as actress, hostess and waitress shows that the person doing the job is a woman. Many people now avoid these. Instead you can use actor or host (although actress and hostess are still very common), or a neutral word, such as server for waiter and waitress.
- Neutral words like assistant, worker, person or officer are now often used instead of -man or -woman in the names of jobs. For example, you can use police officer instead of policeman or policewoman, and spokesperson instead of spokesman or spokeswoman. Neutral words are very common in newspapers, on television and radio and in official writing, in both British English and North American English.
- When talking about jobs that are traditionally done by the other sex, some people say: a male secretary/nurse/model (NOT man) or a woman/female doctor/barrister/driver. However this is now not usually used unless you need to emphasize which sex the person is, or it is still unusual for the job to be done by a man/woman:
My daughter prefers to see a woman doctor. 我的女儿喜欢让女医生看病。 他们有个男保姆照料孩子。 女赛车手
Pronouns 代词 - He used to be considered to cover both men and women:
he 过去被认为既指男性也指女性： Everyone needs to feel he is loved. 人人都需要有被爱的感觉。 人人都知道自己需要什么吗？ 有人把外衣落在这儿了。 希望没人忘了随身带上护照。 - Some people prefer to use he or she, his or her, or him or her in speech and writing:
有人在口语和书面语中喜欢用 he or she、his or her 或 him or her： Everyone knows what’s best for him- or herself. 人人都知道对自己来说什么是最好的。 如有疑问请向你的医生咨询，他／她会给你更多的信息。 婴儿累了就会哭 婴儿疲倦时会哭。
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a female worker, especially one who works with her hands （尤指做手工劳动的）女工 - [singular] (old-fashioned, offensive)
a rude way of addressing a female person in an angry or important way （对女人无礼的称呼）娘儿们 - [countable] (sometimes disapproving)
a wife or sexual partner 妻子；女朋友；女相好 see also fallen woman, kept woman, other woman
Word OriginOld English wīfmon, -man (see wife, man), a formation peculiar to English, the ancient word being wife.
Idioms
be your own man/woman
hell hath no fury (like a woman scorned)
used to refer to somebody, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to something, especially the fact that her husband or partner has been unfaithful （尤指女人因丈夫或情人不忠而）大发雷霆；醋劲大发
like a man/woman possessed | like one possessed
with a lot of force or energy 着了魔似的；拼命地；猛烈地 She flew out of the room like a woman possessed. 她像着了魔一样飞出了房间。
make an honest woman of somebody
- (old-fashioned, humorous)
to marry a woman after having had a sexual relationship with her, especially if she is pregnant 与跟自己有过性关系的女人结婚
a man/woman after your own heart
a man/woman who likes the same things or has the same opinions as you 趣味相投者；情投意合者
the man (and/or woman) in the street
a man/woman of (many) parts
a person with many skills 多才多艺的人；多面手
a man/woman of the people
(especially of a politician 尤指政客 a man/woman who understands and supports ordinary people 女人： 了解并支持普通人的男人/女人She wanted to seem like a woman of the people. 她想看起来像一个人民的女人。
a man/woman of substance
- (formal)
a rich and powerful man or woman 有钱有势的男人／女人
a man/woman of the world
a person with a lot of experience of life, who is not easily surprised or shocked 生活阅历丰富的人；老成持重的人