字面：年長的女性
畫面本身，沒有加工。描述人、說故事時用的就是這一個。
noun · A2
A woman who is old.
老婦人；年長的女性
核心畫面
Start with what the two words actually show: a woman who has lived a long time. English then keeps borrowing that figure and using her as a shorthand. Put a in front — 'my old woman' — and the figure becomes the woman at the centre of your own house, wife or mother, whatever her age. Throw the words at a man instead, and the same figure is being used as a stereotype, as if minding small details were something belonging to her. So the picture stays still while the job of the phrase moves: description, then family shorthand, then insult. The situation, and the little word in front, are what tell you which one you are reading.
先看這兩個字本來畫出來的東西：一位活了很久的女性。英文接著一再借用這個身影，把她當成簡寫在用。前面加一個所有格，變成…更多收起
先看這兩個字本來畫出來的東西：一位活了很久的女性。英文接著一再借用這個身影，把她當成簡寫在用。前面加一個所有格，變成 my old woman，指的就成了自己家裡那位——太太或媽媽，跟年紀沒關係。同樣兩個字丟到一個男人身上，用的則是一個刻板印象：好像「計較小事」是屬於老太太的。所以畫面沒有動，動的是這個詞在句子裡做的事：先是描述，再是家裡人的簡稱，最後變成罵人。要分辨，看情境，也看前面那個小字。Three branches
家裡的那位：老婆或媽媽
同一個身影被搬進自己家。前面那個所有格是開關：my、his、your 一加上去，講的就是家裡那位，而不是年紀。
noun · B2
In the phrase 'somebody's old woman': that person's wife, or that person's mother. Wiktionary marks both uses informal slang.
（口語）某人的老婆／某人的媽
罵人：太在意小事
這一組不是在描述誰，而是在丟一個標籤。它借的是一個舊刻板印象：把「愛計較小事」說成老太太的樣子。所以被標成貶義，也常引起反感。
noun · B2
A man who pays far too much attention to small details that do not matter. Used as an insult; Wiktionary marks the same two words informal and derogatory.
（罵）婆婆媽媽的男人