Word · Frequency #25466
wench
/wentʃ/
noun
少女；姑娘
an informal word for a young woman
- 1.
informal terms for a (young) woman
对年轻女性的非正式称呼
对年轻女性的非正式称呼；少妇；乡下姑娘；女仆
In use
The cheerful wench greeted everyone at the village market.
Two wenches were chatting by the river while washing clothes.
I saw a wench with a colorful scarf walking down the lane.
Connections
Collocations
- serving wench
- 侍女；女招待
- The serving wench brought us bread and cheese.侍女给我们端来了面包和奶酪。
- tavern wench
- 酒馆女侍
- A tavern wench refilled our tankards with ale.酒馆女侍给我们的酒杯倒满麦酒。
- saucy wench
- 泼辣的姑娘
- He asked the saucy wench for a dance, and she laughed at him.他请那个泼辣的姑娘跳舞，她却嘲笑他。
- buxom wench
- 丰满的姑娘
- The old tale describes a buxom wench who chased the miller's son.那个古老的故事描述了一个丰满的姑娘追求磨坊主的儿子。
Pop culture & quotes
- Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen, here's to the wench that I've wearied in wooing.
- 敬羞涩的十五岁少女，敬我追求得精疲力竭的姑娘。This opening couplet of the traditional drinking song "Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen" comes from Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 comic opera The Duenna. Here "wench" is an affectionate, informal word for a young woman.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
读音像‘问去’，想象古代客栈里一位年轻姑娘在问路，wench 就是指这样的姑娘。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：历史题材作品、旧时文学 该词通常被视为非正式称呼，多用于历史题材或文学作品中；现代日常英语中较少使用，选用时需注意语域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with wench on the stressed vowel and following /-entʃ/: bench, French, trench, wrench, clench, quench. Beware of similar-looking words with /ɪ/: witch /wɪtʃ/ and winch /wɪntʃ/ do not rhyme. Also note wrench has a silent w and starts with /r/.
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