| 单词 | mispress |
| 释义 | mispress /'mistns; 'mistns/ n 1 woman at the head of a household or family; woman in authority who gives orders to servants: 主妇; 女主人： Servants willingly obey a kind ~. 佣人成意听从和善的女主人。 Is your ~ at home? 你家太太在京吗？ 2 woman school teacher: 女教师： the 'French mistress, teacher of French (but not necessarily a Frenchwoman); 女法文教师(但不一定是法国妇女); the 'games ~, in charge of games (hockey, etc). 女体育教员(负责曲棍球等者)。 3 woman with a good knowledge or control of sth: 精通某事的妇女; 能控制某情况的妇女： a ~时 needlework. 精于女红的妇女。 She is ~ of the situation. 她能控制这局面。 Venice used to be called the ~ of the Adriatic. 威尼斯以前号称亚得里亚海的门户。 4 (in stories, plays, etc dealing with periods before the 18th c, and still in Scotland by some people) title equivalent to the modern Mrs or Miss. (用于叙述十八世纪以前各代之故事、戏剧等，且仍为苏格兰某些人民所沿用)相当于现代所习用之'夫人'(Mrs) 或'小姐' (Miss) 的称呼。 5 (poet) woman loved and courted by a man: (诗 j 女爱人; 女情人： 'O~ mine!' '哦，我的情人！ ' 6 woman having regular sexual intercourse with one man to whom she is not married. 情妇。 Cf 参较 paramour (liter) (文学用语) and concubine (dated) (过时用语)。 → master. |
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