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courtesan

英 [ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn]

美 [ˈkɔːrtɪzn]

n.  (旧时尤指伺候富豪的)高级妓女

复数:courtesans 

BNC.26576 / COCA.25424

牛津词典

    noun

    • (旧时尤指伺候富豪的)高级妓女
      (in the past) a prostitute , especially one with rich customers

      柯林斯词典

      • (旧时伺候富人和有权势之人的)高级妓女
        In former times, acourtesanwas a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.

        英英释义

        noun

        双语例句

        • In the courtesan novel, the male always holds the leading position as the saver and the female is in a subordinate situation as the observed and the enjoyed object.
          狭邪小说中,男性占据主导地位,以救世主自居,女性则处于从属地位,是被欣赏、被看的对象,小说中两性地位极不平等。
        • I confess I became a courtesan, traded yearning for power, welcomed many rather than be owned by.
          我坦白我成为在男人之间周旋的交际花,以欲望交换权利,奉迎着很多的男人,却不仅为某个男人所有。
        • The earlier writers of courtesan novel although live in modern time, their ideal still keeps the mode of traditional intellectuals.
          前期狭邪小说作者虽已身处近代,但他们的人生理想仍然摆脱不了传统文人的模式;
        • Together with chivalrous novel and denouncement novel, as one of the main three categories of novel in modern history, the courtesan novel has not received serious and detailed studies.
          狭邪小说作为近代小说史上与侠义公案小说、谴责小说鼎足而三的一个小说类型,其研究仍然处于相对薄弱状态;
        • Courtesan houses along the Qinhua River constituted a source of indulgence and decadence.
          秦淮的妓院,更成为南京逸乐生活的重要源头。
        • Some researchers question even the historical tradition that she was a hetaera, or courtesan, and have suggested that she may actually have been married to Pericles.
          一些研究人员质疑并提出说她实际上可能和伯里克利是结了婚的。
        • She greeted her brother's return with smiles, unaware, chaste young woman that she was, that in a far country a courtesan had sacrificed her own happiness to the mere mention of her name.
          看见她哥哥回来她满脸微笑,这个纯洁的少女一点也不知道,仅仅为了维护她的姓氏,一个在远处的妓女就牺牲了自己的幸福。
        • Romance of the Tang Dynasty of the prostitute attention, create typical characters, reflects their personality and their tragic fate, plots, representative strong, so for us to create a true to life of the courtesan.
          唐宋传奇对妓女的关注,塑造了具有典型意义的人物形象,真实地反映了她们的性格及其悲惨的命运,情节丰富、代表性强,从而为我们塑造出一个个有血有肉的妓女形象。
        • Courtesan: Well, the Temple is right next door, honey.
          女:那么,神庙在那边,亲爱的。
        • Courtesan: well, the temple is right next door, honey. they've been harassing us for years, you'd probably enjoy yourself there more anyway, prude!
          女:那么,神庙在那边,亲爱的。他们已经让我们烦恼好几年了,总之你大概会喜欢那里,假正经!