单词 | to make a woman of |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a woman of (c) to make a woman of: to compel into a role traditionally associated with women; to bring into submission; to make weak or appear as such; spec. (among certain Native American peoples) to deprive of male status and its accompanying rights; now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make submissive stoopc1275 to lead by the sleevec1425 to lead by the nose1583 subdue1598 woman1611 melt1668 to make a woman of1742 1742 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 579 We conquer'd You, we made Women of you. 1835 Knickerbocker Oct. 334 We have determined to punish this man: we will make a woman of him!.. A couple of our canoe-men were then called, and told to begin the ceremony. 1892 Boys' Brigade Gaz. 1 June 89/1 You must not set him to knit stockings and thus make a woman of him. 1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians North of Mexico II. 599/2 It was the usual custom to depose the coward from man's estate, and, in native metaphor, ‘make a woman of him’. 1990 R. Silverberg Queen of Springtime (2005) ix. 296 ‘Surely you'll forbid him [to go to war], father!’ ‘No... He said I'd be making a woman of him, if I forced him to stay home.’ < as lemmas |
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