Skip to main content

woman-day

/woom-uhn-dey/US // ˈwʊm ənˌdeɪ //

妇女节,妇女日,妇日,女人节

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wom·an-days.

    • : a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of woman-hours in a day of work.

Examples

  • A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.

  • In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.

  • It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.

  • He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”

  • For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

  • The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.

  • She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!

  • Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.

  • Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.

  • The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.