| 单词 | the female of the species |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe female of the species P1. colloquial. the female of the species: a woman or girl; the female or females (as distinguished from the male or males) in a particular group; (with singular agreement) women collectively.In early use with particular reference to human beings as a species of animal. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively wifkinOE womanOE womankinc1175 womankindc1175 womenkina1387 womenkinda1387 womanhoodc1405 feminityc1425 femininityc1450 femininec1451 the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536 the second sex1536 the woman sex1536 feminie1541 mesdames1552 the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578 sex1589 ladyhooda1666 fair1687 wimmin1710 womenfolk1729 mesdemoiselles1739 the female of the species1795 femalitiesc1801 ladykind1829 womanity1836 womandom1838 ladydom1843 petticoatery1849 tea-body1865 muslin1884 the skirt1899 quim1909 womyn1975 womxn1991 1795 tr. E. Swedenborg Arcana Cœlestia VI. xxxiii. 97 The Term Two, here applied to those who are in the Field..is in the Masculine Gender, as denoting the Male of the human Species; whereas..when applied to those who are at the Mill, is in the Feminine Gender, denoting the Female of the Species. 1845 ‘T. Brown, Redivivus’ Expos. Vulgar & Common Errors 39 As reason..is the peculiar faculty of man,..we might, by analogy [with animals], conclude that the female of the species possessed it in an equal degree. 1922 P. G. Wodehouse Clicking of Cuthbert ix. 220 The Bingley-Perkins combination, owing to some inspired work by the female of the species, managed to keep their lead. 1961 J. Maclaren-Ross Doomsday Bk. ii. iii. 128 The female of the species first—take hold of her arm, George. 2010 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 7 Nov. Initially, everyone is nice to each other's faces, but before long they've all slipped into the kind of catty warfare associated with the female of the species. < as lemmas |
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