Mistress Woman Female N Count 可数名词 Master [Usu ˈmɪstrəs
The word "mistress" has several meanings: a woman involved in a sexual relationship with a married man, a female teacher (often considered old-fashioned), the female owner of a pet, the female employer of a servant (also often old-fashioned), and a woman who is in control or highly skilled at something.
The word "mistress" has several meanings: a woman involved in a sexual relationship with a married man, a female teacher (often considered old-fashioned), the female owner of a pet, the female employer of a servant (also often old-fashioned), and a woman who is in control or highly skilled at something.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]情妇 A married man's mistress is a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship.
[usu with poss]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
She was his mistress for three years...
她曾做过他3年的情妇。
He has a wife and a mistress.
他有妻子，还有一个情妇。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]女教师 A mistress is a female teacher.
[usu n N]
[BRIT 英]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
My history mistress was extremely helpful.
教我历史的那位女老师特别乐于助人。
3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]女主人 A servant's mistress is the woman that he or she works for.
[usu with poss]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress!
她居然不听女主人的使唤，实在是太不像话了！
4
[N-COUNT 可数名词](狗的)女主人 A dog's mistress is the woman or girl who owns it.
[usu poss N]
The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress.
这条大狼犬围着女主人蹦蹦跳跳地绕圈子。
5
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]绝对控制…的女人；主宰…的女人 If a woman is mistress of a situation, she has complete control over it.
[also N in pl]
She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
她总是能够掌握自己的命运。
6
[N-COUNT 可数名词](精通某项活动的)女能手，女行家 If you say that a woman is a mistress of a particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it.
[N of n]
She is a mistress of disguise.
她是伪装的高手。
...another winner from the mistress of historical romance.
来自这位历史爱情小说知名女作家又一部必定大受欢迎的作品
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mis·tress/ˈmɪstrəs; NAmEˈmɪstrəs/noun1a man's (usually a married man's) mistressis a woman that he is having a regular sexual relationship with and who is not his wife 情妇2( BrE) ( old-fashioned) a female teacher in a school, especially a private school （尤指私立学校的）女教师◆the Biology mistress生物科女教师3(in the past) the female head of a house, especially one who employed servants （尤指旧时雇用仆人的）女主人，主妇◆the mistress of the house这房子的女主人4the female owner of a dog or other animal （狗或其他动物的）女主人5( formal) a woman who is in a position of authority or control, or who is highly skilled in sth 有权势的女子；女能人；女强人；女主宰◆She wants to be mistress of her own affairs (= to organize her own life).她希望自己的事自己作主。☞compare
1a woman that a man has a sexual relationship with, even though he is married to someone else: The prince had shocked society by living openly with his mistress.2British English old-fashioned a female teacher → master: the new English mistress3the female owner of a dog, horse etc → master4old-fashioned the female employer of a servant → master: The maid looked nervously at her mistress.5be (a/the) mistress of something if a woman is a mistress of something, she is in control of it, highly skilled at it etc → master: She appeared to be very much the mistress of the situation.6Mistress old use used with a woman’s family name as a polite way of speaking to her → master
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mistresses[958]
情妇(52%)，女主人(39%)，主妇(9%)
n.情妇；女主人；主妇；女教师；女能人
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