| 单词 | to come to be a woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come to be a woman (a) to be made a woman (of), to come to be a woman: to lose one's virginity; to become a sexually active female. Also in the active voice with a man as subject. Π ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 55v The fiftie Uirgins..being set for their Uirginities certaine..baites of purpose by the Gentlemen of Messena, and nowe ready..being then maydes, to be made women that night. 1691 T. D'Urfey Love for Money v. i. 46 I've been told a Maid goes through a great deal of trouble before she comes to be a Woman. 1745 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 493/1 I found her, ah! wou'd I had left her, a maid: Untaught as the lambs which she watch'd on the common, Allur'd by this purse, I made her a woman. 1820 W. Tooke tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 737 You have learnt that it is not so terrible an affair to be made a woman of as you imagined. The fine young gentleman that taught it you, left a handsome present for you. 2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2004) 67 I liked giving myself to a man... I was being made a woman of. < as lemmas |
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