英语单词 | mistress |
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英美音标 | 英 ['mɪstrəs] 美 ['mɪstrəs] |
中文释义 | n.主妇;女主人;情妇 |
英语例句 | (1) Wealth is a good servant, a very bad mistress. (2) Experience is the mistress of fools. (3) The dog ran alongside his mistress. (4) Rogue and mistress of Patterne do not go together. (5) The boss set his mistress up in a snazzy love nest. (6) You're my mistress, not my wife. |
中文例句 | (1) 财富是个好仆人,也是一个坏主妇。 (2) 经验是蠢货的主妇。 (3) 狗在女主人的身边奔跑。 (4) 罗格与帕忒恩的女主人不能并列。 (5) 老板把情妇安排在一个华丽而俗气的爱之窝。 (6) 你毕竟不是我的妻子而只是我的情妇。 |
vocabulary简明 | A mistress is a female master — she's the one in control. The wardrobe mistress is in charge of costumes for a theater. At some schools, the head of the school is called the headmaster or headmistress. |
vocabulary扩展 | A woman who has an illicit affair — that is, a sexual relationship with someone she's not married to — is also called a mistress. It’s a somewhat old-fashioned word — it’s one-sided, sexist, and often suggests financial support in exchange for sexual favors. On the other hand, history offers some fascinating examples, such the mistress of King Louis XV of France, Madame de Pompadour, renowned for her intelligence and charm. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]女教师 A mistress is a female teacher. [usu n N] [BRIT 英] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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]
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]
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]
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
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