词典释义：
a woman (used as a polite or old-fashioned form of reference)
［提 及某女子时的礼貌或旧式的叫法］ 女士
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I spoke to the lady at the travel agency 我同旅行社那位女士谈过
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[as modifier]
a lady doctor .女医生。
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〈英〉 公共女厕所。
〈主北美〉 （对女人的非正式称呼，常有生硬和简慢的意味）女士
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I'm sorry, lady, but you have the wrong number .对不起，女士，你拨错电话号码了。
used as a courteous designation for a female fellow member of the House of Commons
[对 同属议会下院女议员的敬称]
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the Right Honourable Lady has promised me her full support .那位议员女士阁下已承诺全力支持我。
a woman of superior social position, especially one of noble birth
（尤指出身高贵的）贵妇人。
a courteous, decorous, or genteel woman
淑女
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his wife was a real lady, with such nice manners .他的妻子真是一位淑女，举止如此优雅。
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（女贵族、男贵族的女眷或遗孀的头衔）夫人
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Lady Caroline Lamb .卡洛林· 兰姆夫人。
a woman at the head of a household
女主人
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he always asked the lady of the house the shade of paint she would like .他总是询问这家女主人喜欢什么色调的油漆。
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〈旧〉 妻子
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welcoming the vice-president and his lady 欢迎副总统和夫人
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[as modifier]
my lady wife .我的内子。
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女友；女情人。
〈史〉 骑士或男子愿为之效劳的女人。
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find the lady another term forTHREE-CARD TRICK ． 同THREE-CARD TRICK ．it isn't over till the fat lady sings used to convey that there is still time for a situation to change 仍有转机 -
［ORIGIN by association with the final aria in tragic opera．］
ladies who lunch informal ,often derogatory women with both the means and free time to meet each other socially for lunch in expensive restaurants 〈非 正式，常贬〉 有钱有闲在高级饭店聚会进午餐的女人 -
Lady Bountiful a woman who engages in ostentatious acts of charity, more to impress others than out of a sense of concern for those in need 施舍给人看的富婆 -
［ORIGIN early 19th cent. from the name of a character in Farquhar's
The Beaux' Stratagem （1707）．］Lady Luck chance personified as a controlling power in human affairs （机遇的拟人化）幸运女神it seemed Lady Luck was still smiling on them ． 似乎幸运女神仍在对他们微笑 -
Lady Muck Bri． informal a haughty or pretentious woman （often as a mocking form of address） 〈英，非正式〉 傲慢女士（常带有嘲弄意味的称呼）it's that woman, Lady Muck herself — who does she think she is? 就是那女人——傲慢女士——她以为自己是谁啊？My Lady a polite form of address to female judges and certain noblewomen ［对 女法官和某些贵妇人的敬称］ 夫人
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