womanhood

英 [ˈwʊmənhʊd]

美 [ˈwʊmənhʊd]

n.  成年女子的状态; (统称)妇女

BNC.20028 / COCA.16162

牛津词典

noun

• 成年女子的状态
  the state of being a woman, rather than a girl
  1. He watched his daughters grow to womanhood.
     他看着自己的女儿们都长大成人了。
• （统称）妇女
  women in general
  1. the womanhood of this country
     这个国家的妇女

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 女人;成年女性;女子成年期
  Womanhoodis the state of being a woman rather than a girl, or the period of a woman's adult life.
  1. Here she is on the threshold of womanhood...
     现在她将迈入成年期。
  2. Pregnancy is a natural part of womanhood.
     女人怀孕是天经地义的事。
• N-UNCOUNT (泛指)女性；(某个国家或群体的)妇女
  You can refer to women in general or the women of a particular country or community aswomanhood.
  1. She symbolised for me the best of Indian womanhood.
     在我看来，她代表着最优秀的印度女性。
  2. ...the changing condition of womanhood in the closing decades of this century.
     本世纪最后几十年中妇女境况的不断变化

英英释义

noun

• the status of a woman
• women as a class
  1. it's an insult to American womanhood
  2. woman is the glory of creation
  3. the fair sex gathered on the veranda
  Synonym:womanfair sex
• the state of being an adult woman
  Synonym:muliebrity

双语例句

• His remarks are an insult to womanhood.
  他的话是对女性的侮辱。
• When you had grown to womanhood, you were to be mine.
  当你长大成人，就会成为我的女人。
• Look, I understand that I'm challenging your views on fat womanhood and forcing you to question your beliefs and attitudes, but keep this contemplation to yourself.
  你瞧，我知道我在挑战你的肥胖女性观，在强迫你质问自己的信仰和态度，但是把这种思考留给你自己吧。
• May has grown to womanhood.
  梅已是成年女人了。
• If still alive, she must now have been in the flush and bloom of early womanhood.
  如果她还活着，如今应该是个楚楚动人的少女了。
• This is more a celebration of your womanhood.
  这种舞不仅仅是对你的女性特质的一种赞美。
• Although in the ancient times, China had a "hair-do ceremony" for girls, I never heard about any of my female classmates celebrating her entering womanhood.
  虽然中国古代有及笄礼，我从来没有听说过任何女同学庆祝过自己进入成年。
• The breast has always been a symbol of womanhood and ultimate fertility.
  乳腺是女性性征和生育力的重要标志。
• She had passed from childhood to early womanhood.
  她已由童年进入了少女期。
• Problems of Southern Womanhood in Faulkner's Two Major Novels
  福克纳两部主要小说中的南方妇女问题