• n. 女詩人

poet-,詩人，-ess,表陰性。

poetess (n.)

1520s, from poet + -ess. Earlier fem. form was poetresse (early 15c.). Old Norse had skaldkona "poetess."

1. Isn't there a suggestion that "poetess" is slightly pejorative?

難道沒有人提出“女詩人”有點兒貶義嗎？

來自柯林斯例句

2. She seemed less like a poetess than a distracted housewife.

她似乎不像個女詩人，更像一個心煩意亂的家庭主婦。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She just went through the motions of being a poetess.

她只不過裝成一個女詩人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She is the greatest living poetess.

她是當代最偉大的女詩人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. I tell you hopeless grief is passionless. ( E . B . Browning , British poetess )

我告訴你,沒有希望的悲傷是沒有激情的. ( 英國女詩人布朗寧 )

來自互聯網