woman ['wʊm.ən] (/'wɪmɪn/ plural women) noun ESSENTIAL countable ■an adult female human being 成年女子,女人•She's a really nice woman.她真是个非常好的女人。 •A woman and two men were arrested on 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年首次取得投票权。 •She is Ireland's first woman (= female) president.她是爱尔兰的第一位女总统。 countable informal ■a man's wife or partner 妻子;情人•Apparently, Geoff's got a new woman.显然杰夫又有女人了。 uncountable ■women in general 女性•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 |