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
- 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。 - 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。 - Marry a rich man and you'll only be his concubine.
嫁有钱人可是当小老婆。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - Adopt modern poultry breeding method to make a surface type slow feathering cock test crossing of the imperial concubine.
采用现代家禽育种方法对贵妃鸡第二世代表型慢羽公鸡进行了测交试验。 - 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。 - 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。 - The fragrant imperial concubine roasted chicken is typical Chinese innovates, the development Chinese type fast-food brand.
香妃烤鸡是地道的中国人自己创新、研制的中式快餐品牌。