woman
noun uk/ˈwʊm.ən/ us/ˈwʊm.ən/ women uk/ˈwɪm.ɪn/ us/ˈwɪm.ɪn/
A1 [ C ]成年女子，女人
an adult female human being
She's a really nice woman. 她真是个非常好的女人。
A woman and two men were arrested the day after the explosion. 爆炸后的第二天，一名妇女和两名男子被逮捕。
Women first got the vote in Britain in 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。
[ C ] informal妻子；情人
a wife or female sexual partner
Apparently, Jeff has a new woman. 显然杰夫又有女人了。
[ U ]女性
women in general
He is writing a book on the representation of woman in medieval art. 他正在写一本关于中世纪艺术如何表现女性的书。
See also: womankind womenfolk
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- A woman with a clipboard stopped us in the street to ask us some questions.
- Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
- It is an illness which afflicts women more than men.
- In the 1920s, short hair for women became the vogue.
- The painter has managed to capture every nuance of the woman's expression.