英语中对女性的各种称呼盘点
<p>英语中对女性的称呼不仅丰富多样，还谐趣十足。这些称呼多用于口语，表现出称呼者对被称呼者的态度、情感以及彼此之间的微妙或显而易见的关系。</p><p>1、<span word="old">old</span> <span word="hen">hen</span> 老婆子</p><p>俗语，男性用语，专用于中年以上的女性。除开玩笑的场合外，女性不太欢迎这一称谓。因为“<span word="old">old</span> <span word="hen">hen</span>”的字面意思是“老母鸡”。这一表达的来源是：从男人们的眼光来看，母鸡来回乱跑，凑在一起唧唧喳喳，或者互相对啄。<span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="hens">hens</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neighbored">neighbored</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="corner">corner</span> <span word="gossiping">gossiping</span>.(有三个邻居老婆子站在街角上说长道短。)说到<span word="hen">hen</span>还要提到与<span word="hen">hen</span>相关的表达：<span word="hen">hen</span>-<span word="pecked">pecked</span>怕老婆的，本义是“被母鸡啄的”。意思是“象软弱的公鸡经常被强壮的母鸡啄伤。男子慑于女性的淫威，表现得服服帖帖”。这个表达出自1690年德莱顿的喜剧《安菲特律翁》和1712发行的杂志《旁观者》。理解了上面的意思，那么<span word="hen">hen</span> <span word="party">party</span>就不难理解为“女人的聚会”。后引申为凡是只有女人参加的社交性聚会都叫<span word="hen">hen</span> <span word="party">party</span>。与它相对的是<span word="stag">stag</span> <span word="party">party</span>雄鹿会，只有男子参加的聚会。</p><p>2、<span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="chicken">chicken</span> 少女</p><p>原意“童子鸡，不超过10个月的肉嫩的笋鸡”。这一表达来源已久：在古时候由于孵化技术上的原因，不到春天就很难得到这样的鸡，后转义为“少女”。<span word="Mrs">Mrs</span>. <span word="Gray">Gray</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="granny">granny</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="chicken">chicken</span>.(格雷夫人也许还不算老太太，但是她的年纪肯定不小啦。)有时可直接用<span word="chick">chick</span>表示“小女孩儿”。<span word="That">That</span> <span word="chick">chick</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="tiger">tiger</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="scratched">scratched</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="back">back</span>.(那小娘儿们可真是个母老虎。当我还嘴时，她竟然抓破了我的脸。)</p>
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