distaff

noun

1. （旧时手工纺纱用的）纺纱杆，绕线杆
   a stick that was used in the past for holding wool when it was spun by hand

1. At the moment several new factors are combining to favour the distaff side more.
   此时，一些新的因素融合在一起，使得民众对女性政客更加偏爱。
2. In modern part, we put emphasis on two pieces of works of Su Tong and Li Bihua ( Hong Kong), and tries to discover the development of Chinese distaff literature in their movies.
   当代部分，文章选定苏童与香港作家李碧华的两部作品与它们各自的电影文本进行比较分析，探究当代女性文学的发展脉络。
3. The foot on the cradle, the hand on the distaff, a sign of good housewife.
   脚踩摇篮手纺纱，一定是个好当家。
4. The worker is pushing the distaff.
   工人们正在推卷线杆。
5. The writing of the lesbian fully illustrate that the distaff makes efforts for being rid of status of "thing", from painstaking avoidance to writing of consciousness.
   女性同性爱的书写从刻意的回避到有意识的书写，充分表明了女性为了摆脱“物”的地位所作的努力。

n.

on the distaff side

• 母系的
  on the woman's side of the family

noun

1. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning

2. the sphere of work by women

adj

1. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
   1. female sensitiveness
   2. female suffrage

   Synonym:    female