- 1女運動員、女選手。中文平常說「運動員」就夠了，不會特別標性別；英文這個字存在，是因為 sportsman 原本預設是男的。
A sportswoman is a woman who plays sport, especially one who plays well or takes part in several sports. The plural is sportswomen.
A sportswoman一個sportswoman is a woman who plays sport指的是有在運動的女性, especially尤其是 one who plays well or takes part in several sports那種運動得好、或參加好幾項運動的人。The plural複數形是 is sportswomen
It is the pair-word to sportsman, and you meet it mostly in slightly formal places — award names, newspaper reports, school prize-giving. In ordinary talk people are more likely to say athlete, or just name what she does: 'she's a runner'.
It它 is the pair-word to sportsman是sportsman的對應女性詞, and而 you meet it mostly你比較會在 in slightly formal places有點正式的場合裡遇到它 — award names頒獎的名稱, newspaper reports新聞報導, school prize-giving學校頒獎典禮。In ordinary talk日常說話裡, people are more likely to say大家比較會說 athleteathlete（運動員）, or或 just name what she does直接說她做什麼: 'she's a runner'像'she's a runner'（她是跑者）
There is a small second use worth knowing: describing someone as 'a good sportswoman' can mean she takes losing well and does not make a fuss, which is about character rather than skill.
There is a small second use worth knowing值得知道還有第二個小用法: describing someone as形容一個人是 'a good sportswoman'「a good sportswoman」（風度好的女選手）, can mean可以是指 she takes losing well and does not make a fuss她輸得起、不會鬧脾氣, which is about character rather than skill講的是人品而不是技術
Newer writing often prefers so that one word covers everyone, but sportswoman has not gone anywhere, and it is still the natural word when the point is specifically about women in sport.
Newer writing比較新的寫法 often prefers較常用 sportsperson'sportsperson' so that one word covers everyone一個字就能covers（涵蓋）everyone（所有人）, but但 sportswoman'sportswoman'這個字 has not gone anywhere並沒有消失, and而且 it is still the natural word它仍然是最自然的用法 when the point is specifically about women in sport只要重點就是在講運動裡的女性
core核心畫面
組成sports + woman. The sports half traces back a long way to sport, which came through Old French — the older idea in it was carrying yourself away from work, that is, amusing yourself. The woman half is the plain English word, from Old English for a female person.
同家族的字
- sportsmanthe same sports core, the male-marked pair to this word
- sportspersonsame sports core, made later so one word covers everyone
- spokeswomansame woman ending doing the same job — marking the female counterpart of a -man word
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sportswomannoun
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A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。