Word · Frequency #130
women
成年女子；女人
women is the plural of woman.
an adult female person
也泛指非人类女性（如精灵、外星人等）
- 1.
An adult female human.
成年女性。
- 2.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
成年女性(相对于男性)
- 3.
All female humans collectively; womankind.
全体女性；女性群体。
- 4.
a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
在某个男人生活中扮演重要角色的女性(妻子、情妇或女友)
- 5.
A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
女性(通常指成年)；指有知觉的女性存在,可为人类、超自然生命、精灵、外星人等。
- 6.
a human female employed to do housework
受雇做家务的女性
- 7.
A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
妻子(或有时指未婚妻或女朋友)。
- 8.
A female person who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
极其喜爱或致力于某类事物的女性。(用作复合词的最后成分。)
- 9.
A female attendant or servant.
女性随从或仆人。
妻子；未婚妻；女友；情妇；女性（总称）；妇女；女佣；女仆；侍女；热衷于…的女性；…爱好者（女性）；成年女性。
In use
A woman in a blue coat is waiting at the bus stop.
The woman who lives next door teaches math at our school.
Women in many countries have the right to vote.
the woman kept house while the man hunted
he was faithful to his woman
I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write
be a woman
表示性别或成年女性身份
She is a woman.
她是一个女人。
adjective + woman
形容词修饰woman，描述特征
Connections
Collocations
- young woman
- 年轻女性
- She is a young woman with a bright future.她是一位前途光明的年轻女性。
- married woman
- 已婚女性
- The ring indicated she was a married woman.这枚戒指表明她是一位已婚女性。
- working woman
- 职业女性
- Many working women face challenges balancing career and family.许多职业女性面临着平衡事业和家庭的挑战。
- old woman
- 老年妇女
- The old woman walked slowly with a cane.那位老妇人拄着拐杖慢慢地走着。
- single woman
- 单身女性
- She enjoys her life as a single woman.她享受单身女性的生活。
- pregnant woman
Learner notes
Memory Tip
woman中包含man（男人），但前面多了wo（我），联想：我是女人，不是男人。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或中性语境，指成年女性；在日常对话中也通用，但需注意避免在某些场合显得过于泛化
Pronunciation & Spelling
Uses for spelling comparison: Words ending in '-man' often pronounced /mæn/ (man, snowman) or /mən/ (human, woman). 'Women' ends with '-men' /mɪn/ and sounds different. Genuine rhyme with 'woman': 'human'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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