| 单词 | 女人 |
| 释义 | 〔spokeswoman〕A woman who speaks on behalf of another or others.See Usage Note at man 女发言人，女代言人：代表一方或其他人利益而发言的女人 参见 man〔gun〕short for Gunilda [woman's name applied to a siege engine] Gunilda的简写 [给一种围攻器械所起的女人名字] 〔jailbait〕A person below the age of consent with whom sexual intercourse can constitute statutory rape.祸水妞儿，未成年少女：指其小于同意年龄、一经与之发生性关系即在法律上构成强奸的女人〔bridesmaid〕A woman who attends the bride at a wedding.女傧相：婚礼中照料新娘的女人〔mannish〕Resembling, imitative of, or suggestive of a man rather than a woman:象、模仿或显示男人而不是女人的：〔mermaid〕A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.美人鱼：一种传说中的海洋生物，长有女人的头部和上身，却生有一条鱼尾巴〔womanfully〕With the characteristic grace, strength, or purposefulness of a woman:女性地，女人地：具有妇女的特有的风度、活力或果断地：〔prude〕Being a prude has never been widely considered a good thing,but if we dig further into the history of the wordprude, we will find that it had a noble past.The change for the worse took place in French.Frenchprude first had a good sense, "wise woman,” but apparentlya woman could be too wise or, in the eyes of some,too observant of decorum and propriety,and soprude took on the sense in French that was brought into English along with the word, first recorded in 1704.The French word first meant "wise woman"becauseprude was a shortened form of prude femme (earlier in Old Frenchprode femme ), a word that was modeled on earlierpreudomme, "a man of experience and integrity.” The second part of this word is, of course,homme, "man.” Old Frenchprod, meaning "wise, prudent,” is from Vulgar Latin prōdis with the same sense. Prōdis in turn comes from Late Latin prōde, "advantageous,” derived from the verbprodesse, "to be good.” We can see that the history ofprude is filled with usefulness, profit, wisdom, and integrity, but in spite of all this,things did not turn out that well.人们从来没有普遍地认为做一个拘守礼仪的人是一件好事，但是如果我们深挖prude 这个词的历史， 我们会发现这个词有一个体面的过去。这个词变成贬义是在法语中发生的。法语词prude 开始时是褒义的，意为“明智或聪明的女人，” 但是很显然，女人可能会过于聪明或者在某些人的眼里，对仪表和行为的得体过分注重，这样法语词prude 就有了这个和词一起被引入英语的意思， 并最早记载于1704年。这个法语词开始时的意思之所以是“聪明的女人”，因为prude 是 prudefemme 的缩写形式 （更早的时候在古法语中为prodefemme )， 这个词模仿更早的一个词preudomme “一个富有经验而又正直的男人”而来。 这个词的第二部分当然是意为“男人”的homme。 意思是“聪明，谨慎”的古法语prod 由一个相同意思的俗拉丁词 prodis 而来。 Prodis 从后期拉丁语 prode 演变而来，意为“有利的”， 该词又从意思为“从善”的动词prudesse 衍生而来。 我们现在明白prude 的历史充满了有利、利益、智慧或忠诚的意思， 但尽管如此，事情并没有变得那么好〔goodwife〕Goodwife Used formerly as a courtesy title before the surname of a married woman not of noble birth. Goodwife 太太：以前放在已婚嫁的女人的姓氏前作为尊称而非贵族称号〔outdoorswoman〕A woman who spends considerable time in outdoor pursuits, such as hunting and fishing.喜欢野外生活的女人：花大量时间过野外生活（如狩猎、捕鱼等）的妇女〔culture〕"The test of a man's or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel" (George Bernard Shaw). “对某一男人或女人教养的考验是他们在争吵中如何表现” （乔治·萧伯纳）。〔rival〕"She must learn to compete . . . not as a woman, but as a human being" (Betty Friedan).“她必须学会竞争…不是以女人的身份，而是以人的身份” （贝蒂·弗里丹）。〔soprano〕The highest singing voice of a woman or young boy.女高音或童声高音：女人或小男孩的最高的歌唱声音〔stupid〕The woman kept signaling that it was time to leave, but her escort was so dense that he just kept sitting there. 那女人不停地暗示该离开了，但他的护送者却是那样迟钝以致于一直坐在那儿不动 〔tabby〕A prying woman; a gossip.爱探隐私的女人；长舌妇〔enchantress〕A woman of great charm or fascination.迷人的女子：极有魅力或诱惑力的女人〔Pygmalion〕A king of Cyprus who carved and then fell in love with a statue of a woman, which Aphrodite brought to life as Galatea.皮格马利翁：塞浦路斯国王，他雕刻一尊女人的雕像然后深深爱上了她，阿佛洛狄忒赋予她生命，名为加勒提阿〔floozy〕A woman regarded as gaudy or tawdry.娼妓：被认为是媚俗或低俗的女人〔miscellaneous〕"The assembly was large and varied, containing clergy and laity, men and women" (Nicholas P.S. Wisemen).“集会的参与者多而复杂，既有僧侣也有俗众，既有男人也有女人” （尼古拉斯 P. S. 怀斯曼）。〔bride〕A woman who is about to be married or has recently been married.新娘，即将结婚的女子：将要结婚或新近结婚的女人〔Harpy〕harpy A shrewish woman. harpy 厉害的女人〔Kanpur〕A city of northern India on the Ganges River southeast of Delhi. During the Indian Mutiny, a disgruntled pension-seeker slaughtered the entire British garrison, including women and children (July 1857). Population, 1,481,879.坎普尔：印度北部一城市，在恒河上，位于德里东南部。在印度兵变期间，一个不满的寻求补助金的人于1857年7月屠杀了包括女人和儿童在内的全部英国守备部队。人口1,481,879〔Dou〕Dutch genre painter whose works, such asWoman with Dropsy, are brighter and more detailed than those of his mentor, Rembrandt. 道，杰勒德：(1613-1675) 荷兰风俗画家，作品如《浮肿的女人》 鲜明细腻之处胜过其师林布兰的作品 〔shrew〕A woman with a violent, scolding, or nagging temperament; a scold.泼妇：性情粗暴的、爱责骂的、唠叨的女人；泼妇〔phallocentric〕Centered on men or on a male viewpoint, especially one held to entail the domination of women by men.男权中心的：男性中心或男性观点的，尤其是男性用来展现对女人驾驭权的〔broad〕"I use ‘broad’ as a moniker of respect for a woman who[knows] how to throw a mean right" (James Wolcott)“我把 用俚语‘女子’来称呼知道如何抛弃鄙俗权力的女人” (詹姆斯·沃尔科特)〔countess〕A woman holding the title of count or earl.女伯爵：具有伯爵或郡主头衔的女人〔Amazon〕Often amazon A tall, aggressive, strong-willed woman. 常作 amazon 彪悍强壮的妇女：高大的、咄咄逼人的、意志坚强的女人〔governess〕A woman employed to educate and train the children of a private household.女家庭教师：被雇到孩子家里教育或训练孩子的女人〔executrix〕A woman who is appointed by a testator to execute the testator's will.女执行人：遗嘱人指定的执行遗嘱的女人〔workwoman〕A woman who performs manual or industrial labor for wages.女工：为赚取工资而从事体力或工业劳动的女人〔newspaperwoman〕A woman who owns or publishes a newspaper.女新闻编辑：拥有或出版报纸的女人〔venture〕"I would venture to guess that Anon., who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman"(Virginia Woolf)“我冒昧地猜测，那个写下如此多诗歌的无名氏多半是个女人”(弗吉尼亚·沃尔夫)〔mistress〕A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usually married man who is not her husband and from whom she generally receives material support.情妇：与通常是已婚但又不是自己丈夫的男子保持长久的性关系，并从他那里得到物质支持的女人〔demimonde〕A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors.姘妇：被有钱的情人或保护者所供养的一类女人〔Scotchwoman〕A Scotswoman.See Usage Note at Scottish 苏格兰女人 参见 Scottish〔temptress〕An alluring, bewitching woman.See Usage Note at -ess 妖妇：一位极具诱惑力令人着迷的女人 参见 -ess〔dowdy〕From Middle English doude [immoral, unattractive, or shabbily dressed woman] 源自 中古英语 doude [放荡、乏味或衣着破旧的女人] 〔taskmistress〕A woman who imposes tasks, especially burdensome or laborious ones.给人分派任务的女人，尤指繁重的或累人的活〔Englishwoman〕A woman of English descent.英国人后代中的女人 |
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