柯林斯英汉双解大词典
womenfolk /ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk/
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N-PLURAL Some people refer to the women of a particular community as its womenfolk, especially when the community is ruled or organized by men. (尤指男性掌权的社区内的)女人们 [OLD-FASHIONED, INFORMAL] [oft poss N]
例：Men never notice anything in a house run by their womenfolk.
男人从不留意他们的女人打理的家。
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When she saw all these she felt even more lonely, although the other women folk all envied her freedom and not being burdened with children.
她更觉得自己是一个怎样孤独的人，虽然同伴们在欣羡她没有孩子的累赘，多么自由。
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Two women in widow's black touch his arm sociably as he passes the street corner where they sit singing folk songs to each other.
经过街角的时候，两个身穿黑色寡妇衣、坐在那儿互唱歌谣的女子很友好地碰了碰他的胳膊。
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But more women are going out to work, so fewer of them have time to look after old folk and formal help is becoming increasingly important.
但越来越多妇女外出工作，她们很少有人有空照料老人，因此官方帮助正变得越来越重要。
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