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(yǔ),也是縯講或祝酒詞的稱呼語(yǔ),以示尊敬,是可數(shù)名詞。與其對(duì)應(yīng)的陽(yáng)性名詞是gentleman,有男有女時(shí),一般說ladies and gentlemen。
lady也可表示“女侯爵,女伯爵,爵士夫人”,是對(duì)英國(guó)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(shí)大寫Lady。
lady還可作“女主人,主婦”解,但衹限於lady of the house一語(yǔ)中。
口語(yǔ)中lady還可作“夫人”“妻子”解。
lady有時(shí)還可用作定語(yǔ),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.