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
- And you've become another man's concubine.
你就做了别人的小老婆。 - His concubine, mistress chen, was visiting with her old mother.
陈姨太也回到了她的年老的母亲那里。 - Amid the chaos of war, the princess lost touch with her husband and was taken to be a concubine of a powerful minister, Yang Su.
战乱中,公主与丈夫失散了,并被送到隋朝一位很有权势的大臣杨素家中,成了他的小妾。 - Rich and prosperous a concubine third wife, six sons.
他有很多妻妾,三个老婆、6个儿子。 - 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? - In the film, she plays Lady Zhao, a concubine of the emperor, who falls in love with an assassin plotting to overthrow him.
在影片中,巩俐扮演君王的一个妃子赵氏,她爱上了一个图谋颠覆君主的刺客。 - The emperor bestowed on her the title of imperial concubine of the highest rank.
皇帝册封她为贵妃。 - 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。 - He cannot give her to be happy, he cannot let her be a happy concubine.
他不能给她幸福,他不能让她做个幸福小女人。 - 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。
