woman 音标拼音: [w'ʊmən]
n . 女人,妇女,女仆
a . 女人的,女性的,妇女的
vt . 使成女人腔
女人,妇女,女仆女人的,女性的,妇女的使成女人腔
woman n 1 :
an adult female person (
as opposed to a man ); "
the woman kept house while the man hunted " [
synonym : {
woman }, {
adult female }] [
ant : {
adult male }, {
man }]
2 :
a female person who plays a significant role (
wife or mistress or girlfriend )
in the life of a particular man ; "
he was faithful to his woman " [
ant : {
man }]
3 :
a human female employed to do housework ; "
the char will clean the carpet "; "
I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write " [
synonym : {
charwoman }, {
char }, {
cleaning woman },
{
cleaning lady }, {
woman }]
4 :
women as a class ; "
it '
s an insult to American womanhood ";
"
woman is the glory of creation "; "
the fair sex gathered on the veranda " [
synonym : {
womanhood }, {
woman }, {
fair sex }]
Woman \
Wom "
an \,
v .
t .
1 .
To act the part of a woman in ; --
with indefinite it .
--
Daniel .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To make effeminate or womanish . [
R .] --
Shak .
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3 .
To furnish with ,
or unite to ,
a woman . [
R .] "
To have him see me woman '
d ." --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Womanhead
Woman \
Wom "
an \,
n .;
pl . {
Women }. [
OE .
woman ,
womman ,
wumman ,
wimman ,
wifmon ,
AS .
w [
imac ]
fmann ,
w [
imac ]
mmann ;
w [
imac ]
f woman ,
wife mann a man .
See {
Wife },
and {
Man }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
An adult female person ;
a grown -
up female person ,
as distinguished from a man or a child ;
sometimes ,
any female person .
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Women are soft ,
mild pitiful ,
and flexible . --
Shak .
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And the rib ,
which the Lord God had taken from man ,
made he a woman . --
Gen .
ii .
22 .
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I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men ;
that ,
wherever found ,
they are the same kind ,
civil ,
obliging ,
humane ,
tender beings ,
inclined to be gay and cheerful ,
timorous and modest . --
J .
Ledyard .
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2 .
The female part of the human race ;
womankind .
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Man is destined to be a prey to woman . --
Thackeray .
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3 .
A female attendant or servant . "
By her woman I sent your message ." --
Shak .
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{
Woman hater },
one who hates women ;
one who has an aversion to the female sex ;
a misogynist . --
Swift .
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1913 Webster ]
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
woman ":
Eve ,
Frau ,
adult ,
better half ,
common -
law wife ,
concubine ,
dame ,
daughter of Eve ,
distaff ,
distaff side ,
domina ,
donna ,
dowager ,
doxy ,
fair sex ,
female sex ,
feme ,
feme covert ,
femininity ,
femme ,
frow ,
gentlewoman ,
girl ,
goodwife ,
goody ,
grown man ,
grownup ,
helpmate ,
helpmeet ,
kept mistress ,
kept woman ,
lady ,
lass ,
legalis homo ,
little ,
major ,
man ,
married woman ,
matron ,
mature man ,
milady ,
mistress ,
no chicken ,
old lady ,
old woman ,
paramour ,
playmate ,
rib ,
second sex ,
softer sex ,
squaw ,
unofficial wife ,
vrouw ,
wahine ,
weaker sex ,
weaker vessel ,
wedded wife ,
wife ,
womanhood ,
womankind ,
women ,
womenfolk ,
womenfolks A replacement for the {Unix } {man } {documentation }
browsing command . Version 1 .157 of woman runs under /on
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{RS -6000 }, {Irix }, {Linux }, {Solaris }, {Sony } {NEWS }, {SunOS },
{Ultrix }, {Unicos }.
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1993 by Arne Henrik Juul , archive -name
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(1995 -03 -21 )Woman was "
taken out of man " (
Gen .
2 :
23 ),
and therefore the man has the preeminence . "
The head of the woman is the man ;"
but yet honour is to be shown to the wife , "
as unto the weaker vessel "
(
1 Cor .
11 :
3 ,
8 ,
9 ;
1 Pet .
3 :
7 ).
Several women are mentioned in Scripture as having been endowed with prophetic gifts ,
as Miriam (
Ex .
15 :
20 ),
Deborah (
Judg .
4 :
4 ,
5 ),
Huldah (
2 Kings 22 :
14 ),
Noadiah (
Neh .
6 :
14 ),
Anna (
Luke 2 :
36 ,
37 ),
and the daughters of Philip the evangelist (
Acts 21 :
8 ,
9 ).
Women are forbidden to teach publicly (
1 Cor .
14 :
34 ,
35 ;
1 Tim .
2 :
11 ,
12 ).
Among the Hebrews it devolved upon women to prepare the meals for the household (
Gen .
18 :
6 ;
2 Sam .
13 :
8 ),
to attend to the work of spinning (
Ex .
35 :
26 ;
Prov .
31 :
19 ),
and making clothes (
1 Sam .
2 :
19 ;
Prov .
31 :
21 ),
to bring water from the well (
Gen .
24 :
15 ;
1 Sam .
9 :
11 ),
and to care for the flocks (
Gen .
29 :
6 ;
Ex .
2 :
16 ).
The word "
woman ,"
as used in Matt .
15 :
28 ,
John 2 :
4 and 20 :
13 ,
15 ,
implies tenderness and courtesy and not disrespect .
Only where revelation is known has woman her due place of honour assigned to her .
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Woman - Wikipedia Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men Women are at greater risk of certain diseases like breast cancer, and at lower risk of other diseases like lung cancer
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Woman: Definition, Meaning, and Examples - usdictionary. com Woman (noun): The female sex, collectively The term "woman" is a fundamental word in the English language, encompassing biological, social, and cultural dimensions
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