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courtesan

英 [ˌkɔːtɪˈzæn]

美 [ˈkɔːrtɪzn]

n.  (旧时尤指伺候富豪的)高级***

复数:courtesans 

BNC.26576 / COCA.25424

牛津词典

    noun

    • (旧时尤指伺候富豪的)高级***
      (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***
        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

        • 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;
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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***就牺牲了自己的幸福。
        • 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。
        • I suggest that in the end, the courtesan choose the maharajah.
          我建议结局时,歌妓选择邦主。
        • The solutions of these two problems have to base on writing and imagination of the late Qing courtesan novel about modern Shanghai.
          而我们对这两个问题的考察在一定程度上可以借助于晚清狭邪小说对近代上海的书写和想象。
        • This bronze was created by Rodin in his late years. "The Old Courtesan" was once an eminent beauty, a woman to die for.
          这是罗丹晚年的一个杰作,雕塑上的老妇曾是一个绮年玉貌,倾倒一世的宫女,现在是到了色衰貌减,不堪回首的暮年。
        • News of their death, when they die young, reaches all their lovers at the same instant, for in Paris the lovers of any celebrated courtesan see each other every day.
          如果她们年纪轻轻就死了,那么她们所有的情人都会同时得到消息;因为在巴黎,一位名妓的所有情人彼此几乎都是密友。
        • The story begins with a party, where the Paris courtesan, Violetta Valery, already suffering from tuberculosis, meets a long-time admirer, Alfredo Germont for the first time.
          剧情开始时,身染肺痨的巴黎名交际花薇奥蕾塔,在派队上结识了已在暗中爱了她多日的青年阿芒。