concubine
英 [ˈkɒŋkjubaɪn]
美 [ˈkɑːŋkjubaɪn]
n. (尤指旧时某些社会里的)妾，姨太太，小老婆
复数：concubines
BNC.24019 / COCA.23102
牛津词典
noun
- （尤指旧时某些社会里的）妾，姨太太，小老婆
(especially in some societies in the past) a woman who lives with a man, often in addition to his wife or wives, but who is less important than they are
柯林斯词典
- (旧时的)姘妇，情妇，妾
In former times, aconcubinewas a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- Q.What did Chen Kaige tell you about "Farewell my concubine"? What about the script?
问：拍《霸王别姬》的时候陈凯歌是怎么和你说的？剧本是什么样的？ - She also recalled him saying his mother was a concubine and lamenting that his brothers were from different mothers.
她还回忆到，拉登说过他的母亲是一个小妾，并为他的兄弟出自不同的母亲而叹息。 - You'll see what you've been and still are: phantom lover, concubine, sweet prince.
你会看到你一直是也仍然是：梦幻中的爱人，情人，甜美的王子。 - Since you are to be a concubine anyway.
反正你都要作妾了。 - Q.What did you know about Chinese Opera before "Farewell my concubine"?
问：你在拍《霸王别姬》之前对京剧有了解吗？ - Wang Zhaojun was an imperial Han concubine more than 2, 000 years ago.
王昭君是2000多年前汉王朝的一个妃子。 - The high-ranking Imperial Concubine Yang was a plump beauty in Tang Dynasty.
杨贵妃的体态充盈，是个唐代的美人。 - While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.
以色列住在那地的时候，吕便去与他父亲的妾辟拉同寝，以色列也听见了。 - At the age of14, she was taken into the imperial palace by Emperor Taizong as a concubine.
武则天从小聪明果断，通文史，长得又漂亮，14岁那年被唐太宗召进皇宫，成为才人。 - The legal status of a concubine has varied in different societies.
在不同的社会，妾的法律地位有所不同。