mistress
英 ['m?str?s]
美['m?str?s]
- n. 情婦；女主人；主婦；女教師；女能人
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?mistresses;
中文詞源
mistress 女主人，主婦
來自mister,主人，先生，-ess,表陰性。即女主人，主婦。
英文詞源
- mistress
- mistress: see master
- mistress (n.)
- early 14c., "female teacher, governess," from Old French maistresse "mistress (lover); housekeeper; governess, female teacher" (Modern French ma?tresse), fem. of maistre "master" (see master (n.)). Sense of "a woman who employs others or has authority over servants" is from early 15c. Sense of "kept woman of a married man" is from early 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. Anthony sometimes felt that his mistress was his superior in will-power.
- 有時(shí)安東尼感覺他的情婦比他更有意志力。
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- 2. She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
- 她總是能夠掌握自己的命運(yùn)。
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- 3. We had a very good mathematics mistress who pulled me up.
- 我們有個(gè)很出色的女?dāng)?shù)學(xué)老師，她幫我提高了水平。
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- 4. Barking deliriously, the dog bounded towards his mistress.
- 那只狗興奮地狂吠著向女主人跑去。
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- 5. He has a wife and a mistress.
- 他有妻子，還有一個(gè)情婦。
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