- 1部落女性成員／族中婦女。中文原本就不用性別分詞，講「族人」男女都包含，所以 tribesman／tribeswoman 這組對立在中文裡沒有現成對應；要講明性別時才說「部落女性」「族裡的婦女」。
A tribeswoman is a woman who belongs to a tribe.
A tribeswoman is a woman tribeswoman是個女性 who belongs to a tribe屬於某個部落
It is the exact partner word to 'tribesman', and everything true of that word is true here — it appears in history writing, in reporting from places where tribes still shape daily life, and in older travel books; and it is a word used from the outside, not one people usually choose for themselves.
It is the exact partner word to 'tribesman'它是tribesman的對應詞 and everything true of that word is true here那個字的一切特性在這裡也成立 it appears in history writing它出現在歷史寫作裡 in reporting from places where tribes still shape daily life出現在部落仍主導日常生活的地方的報導裡 and in older travel books也出現在較舊的旅行書裡 and it is a word used from the outside而且這是個從外部視角使用的字 not one people usually choose for themselves不是當事人通常會自稱的說法
One difference is worth noticing: 'tribeswoman' is much rarer than 'tribesman'. Part of that is old habit — for a long time writers used 'tribesmen' for a whole group of people, women included, the way they once wrote 'mankind' for everybody.
One difference is worth noticing有一點差異值得注意 'tribeswoman' is much rarer than 'tribesman' tribeswoman比tribesman罕見得多 Part of that is old habit部分原因是舊習慣 for a long time writers used 'tribesmen' for a whole group of people長久以來作家用tribesmen指整群人 women included女性也包含在內 the way they once wrote 'mankind' for everybody就像他們曾經用mankind指所有人一樣
So when a writer does choose 'tribeswoman', it is usually because the fact that this person is a woman matters to the story.
So when a writer does choose 'tribeswoman'所以當作家特地選用tribeswoman這個字時 it is usually because the fact that this person is a woman matters to the story通常是因為這個人是女性這件事對故事有意義
If you need to talk about the whole group, 'tribespeople' or 'members of the tribe' does the job without the awkwardness, and most careful writers today reach for one of those. The plural is 'tribeswomen'.
If you need to talk about the whole group如果你需要談整個群體 'tribespeople' or 'members of the tribe' does the job without the awkwardness tribespeople或members of the tribe就能達到目的又不會尷尬 and most careful writers today reach for one of those現在大多數謹慎的作家都會選用其中一個 The plural is 'tribeswomen'複數是tribeswomen
core核心畫面
組成tribe + -s- + -woman. Same linking -s- as in 'tribesman'. The '-woman' half goes back to Old English wīfmann, literally 'woman-person' — wīf (woman) + mann (person). In Old English 'mann' meant a human being of any sex, which is why the word could be built this way at all.
同家族的字
- tribesmanthe same word built with -man instead of -woman
- tribalthe adjective from the same 'tribe'
- womanthe same Old English wīfmann, 'woman-person'
- spokeswomansame linking -s- + -woman pattern
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。
tribeswomannoun
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A female member of a tribe.
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。