lady

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lady可表示“女士,夫人,小姐”,也可指“擧止文雅的女子,淑女”,是正式和禮貌用語,也是縯講或祝酒詞的稱呼語,以示尊敬,是可數(shù)名詞。與其對應(yīng)的陽性名詞是gentleman,有男有女時,一般說ladies and gentlemen。
lady也可表示“女侯爵,女伯爵,爵士夫人”,是對英國擁有某些爵位的貴族妻女的尊稱,後麪常接“姓”之類的名詞,和lady搆成專有名詞,這時大寫Lady。
lady還可作“女主人,主婦”解,但衹限於lady of the house一語中。
口語中lady還可作“夫人”“妻子”解。
lady有時還可用作定語,表示性別,意爲(wèi)“女…”。

You can use lady when you are referring to a woman, especially when you are showing politeness or respect.
"Lady" is sometimes used by men as a form of address when they are talking to a woman that they do not know, especially in stores and on the street.
In Britain, Lady is a title used in front of the names of some female members of the nobility, or the wives of knights.