countrywoman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A feminine compatriot.
  2. A woman who lives in the country (countryside) or has retained country ways.
    — (to Prince Philip) You don't think I would have preferred to grow up out of the spotlight? Away from court, away from the scrutiny and the visibility? A simpler life, happier life, as a wife, a mother, an ordinary English countrywoman?

词形变化

countrywomen plural

词源

Etymology tree
English country
Proto-Germanic *wībą
Proto-West Germanic *wīb
Old English wīf
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Old English wīfmann
Middle English woman
Middle English -woman
English -woman
English countrywoman
From country + -woman.
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