| 单词 | mistress |
| 释义 | mistress['mistris]n. 主妇, 女主人, 情妇 mistress mis.tress AHD: [m¹s“tr¹s] D.J. [6m!str!s]K.K. [6m!str!s]n.（名词）1. A woman in a position of authority, control, or ownership, as the head of a household:主妇：做家庭主妇，处于权威者、控制者或所有者地位的妇女：“Thirteen years had seen her mistress of Kellynch Hall”(&b{Jane Austen})“十三年来看她一直作着凯林克府第的女主人”(简·奥斯汀)2. A woman owner of an animal or a slave.女主人：一个动物或一个奴隶的女性拥有者3. A woman with ultimate control over something:女主人：对某事有最终控制的女人：the mistress of her own mind.她自己心灵的主人4. A nation or country that has supremacy over others:霸主：对其它国有控制权的一个民族或国家：Great Britain, once the mistress of the seas.英国，曾一度是海上霸主5. Something personified as female that directs or reigns:女统治者：被拟人化成能指挥或统治的女性的某事物：“my mistress . . . the open road”(&b{Robert Louis Stevenson})“开阔的大路…我的主人”(罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森)6. A woman who has mastered a skill or a branch of learning:女能手：掌握一技之长或一门学问的女性：a mistress of the culinary art.烹调高手7. A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usually married man who is not her husband and from whom she generally receives material support.情妇：与通常是已婚但又不是自己丈夫的男子保持长久的性关系，并从他那里得到物质支持的女人8. Mistress Used formerly as a courtesy title when speaking to or of a woman.Mistress 女士，夫人：与女性交谈或谈及一位女性时，用作礼貌称谓9. Chiefly British A woman schoolteacher.【多用于英国】 女教师语源:1. Middle English maistresse 中古英语 maistresse 2. from Old French [feminine of] maistre [master] 源自 古法语 [] maistre的阴性词 [男主人] 3. from Latin magister * see master 源自 拉丁语 magister *参见 master |
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