1.woman用作可数名词时,意思是“成年女子”,泛指一切成熟的女性,而不管婚否。
2.woman也可用作“女人,女性”的总称, woman还可指“女人的气质和属性”,是抽象名词,不可数。
3.woman还可作“女仆,女佣人”解,作此解时,是可数名词。
4.woman可用于其他名词前作定语,表示“女性的…”,如果被修饰的名词是单数,就用其单数形式,如果被修饰的名词是复数时,通常用其复数形式。

When a girl grows up she becomes a woman .女孩长大以后便成为一名妇女。
Many men still don't like working under a woman, and would rather have a male director.许多男人仍不愿在女人手下工作,而愿意让男性当自己的上司。
The old woman was dressed more than simply.这位老妇人穿得岂止是朴素简直近乎破烂。
She spoke in a shrill voice.That's why she was written off as a somewhat hysterical woman.她说话尖声尖气,因而被当做是有些歇斯底里的女人而被排除在外。
Ask the women to come in, but not the girls or the men.让妇女进来,但不要让女孩和男人进来。
I was tightly wedged between two fat women.我被紧紧地挤在两个胖女人中间。
In this country the men plant the corn and the women later weed it.在这个国家里,男人种植谷物,然后妇女为谷物除杂草。
Indian women vote their minds, not their husbands.印度妇女投票表达自己而不是他们丈夫的意见。
He's got a daily woman who comes in and cleans his room.他雇用了一个每天来打扫房间的女佣人。
A woman comes in twice a week to clean .女仆每周来清扫两次。
Woman,like man,must strive for political freedom.女人和男人一样,必须争取政治自由。
Woman is an unpredictable creature.女人的行为是无法预料的。
There is little of the woman in her.她几乎没有女人气质。
There is something of the woman in his character.他的性格中有女人气。
There are a lot of women doctors in the hospital .这所医院有许多女医生。

   woman, lady
参见lady条。
old woman, old girl, old lady, old wife
参见old条。

我们学校的老师大多数是女的。
［误］  Most teachers in our school are woman teachers.
［正］  Most teachers in our school are women teachers.
［析］  woman teacher的复数形式是women teachers,而不是woman teachers。

［同义词］   lady
［词源］  ＜中古英语wifman (女人)