真正的尊稱
身分卡遞給真的擁有那個身分的人，這是這個字本來的工作。
noun · C1
Used with your or her as a polite way of speaking to, or speaking about, a woman who holds the title Lady.
夫人（對貴族女性的尊稱）
核心畫面
You can think of ladyship as a rank held out in front of a person, like a small card you show instead of her name. That is why it nearly always comes after your or her: you do not call the woman, you name the standing she holds and hand it back to her. The same move makes his lordship and your majesty work. Hold that card out to someone who really has the rank and it is respect; hold it out to a friend who is keeping everyone waiting and the card is far too big, and the size of it is the joke.
ladyship 可以想成一張舉在人前面的身分卡，代替名字遞出去。所以它幾乎永遠跟在 your 或 her 後面：你…更多收起
ladyship 可以想成一張舉在人前面的身分卡，代替名字遞出去。所以它幾乎永遠跟在 your 或 her 後面：你不是在叫這個人，而是把她的身分說出來，再奉還給她。his lordship、your majesty 用的是同一招。這張卡遞給真的有頭銜的人，就是敬意；遞給一個讓大家等半天的朋友，卡就大得太離譜了，而大出來的那一截正好就是笑點。From the word’s history
From Middle English ladyschipe, ladyshipe; equivalent to lady plus the suffix -ship, which names a standing or condition (as in friendship, membership). So the word literally means 'the standing of being a lady'.
來自中古英語 ladyschipe，拆開是 lady 加上字尾 -ship。-ship 指的是一種身分或狀態，像 friendship、membership。所以這個字字面上就是「lady 這個身分」，正好對上把身分舉出來當稱呼的用法。
Wiktionary entry for 'ladyship' (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1212698371:7207)
Two branches
借來開玩笑
同一張卡舉在沒有頭銜的人面前，落差就是笑點。
noun · C1
Used with her, in a joking way, about a woman or girl who is behaving as if she is too important to do ordinary things.
大小姐（開玩笑的說法）