female

字辨

woman: (←→man)为表成年女性之意的最普通用语

lady: (←→gentleman)原指上流社会的妇女,现在则用以泛指女人(尤其是面前的女性或与之交谈的女性),而比woman较有礼貌

female: (←→male)为重点放在区分性别的用语,用以指人时,则含有轻蔑之意

字辨

womanly: (←→manly)强调女人的优点,如温柔、和蔼、顺从、娴淑等气质;也用以表示「成年女性特有的气质」

womanly feelings

feminine: (←→masculine)强调女性的温柔等特色,特别与男性特有的性质、性格相对而言

feminine nature

womanish: (←→mannish)指女人的弱点、缺点,也用以表示男性的「娘娘腔」作风

womanish tears

female: (←→male)仅表示人或动植物之性别,不强调其他有关特性

female animals

词路径

• entity
• physical entity
• object
• physical object
• whole
• unit
• living thing
• animate thing
• organism
• being
• animal
• animate being
• beast
• brute
• creature
• fauna
• female

上位词

• animal
• animate being
• beast
• brute
• creature
• fauna
• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

下位词

• adult female
• dam
• female child
• female mammal
• female offspring
• filly
• foster-sister
• foster sister
• girl
• girl wonder
• hen
• little girl
• woman