courtesan
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?k??.t??z?n]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?k??.t?.z?n]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.(專與高級(jí)官員往來(lái)的)妓女；情婦
英漢例句
- There, the courtesan faded imperceptibly.
妓女的形象在這里漸漸消失了。 - But when God allows a courtesan to fall in love, her love, which at first looks like a pardon for her sins, proves almost invariably to be a punishment on her.
再說(shuō)天主允許一個(gè)妓女萌發(fā)愛(ài)情的時(shí)候，這個(gè)愛(ài)情，開(kāi)始時(shí)好像是一個(gè)寬恕，后來(lái)幾乎總是變成一種對(duì)她的懲罰。
用作名詞 (n.)
英英字典
- a woman, usually with a high social position, who in the past had sexual relationships with rich or important men in exchange for money