Skip to main content

workwoman

/wurk-woom-uhn/US // ˈwɜrkˌwʊm ən //

女工,工作妇女,工妇,劳动妇女

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural work·wom·en.

    • : a female worker.
    • : a woman employed or skilled in some manual, mechanical, or industrial work.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • My friend was an excellent workwoman; but with some intelligence, and the will to learn, I soon knew as much as she did.

  • She was an unskilled workwoman, not especially gifted in any way or fitted by her upbringing to earn her daily bread.

  • An artist or a workwoman can tell at once whether your stitch was laid just so because you meant it or because you knew no better.

  • The best workwoman can earn seven shillings a week, working eight hours a day.

  • The lady now conducted Otto into the sitting-room, where he found the four daughters in full activity with a workwoman.