concubine
英 ['kɒŋkjʊbaɪn]
美['kɑŋkjubaɪn]
- n. 妾；情妇；姘妇
词态变化
复数: concubines;
中文词源
concubine 妾
con-, 强调。-cub, 躺，睡，词源同incubus, succubus.
英文词源
- concubine
- concubine: [13] A concubine is etymologically a person with whom one goes to bed. It comes via Old French concubine from Latin concubīna, a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and cub-, the stem of the verb cubāre ‘lie down, go to bed’. Another derivative of this verb was Latin cubiculum, whose meaning ‘bedroom’ was carried through into English cubicle [15]; the more general ‘partitioned-off area’ did not emerge fully until the 20th century.
=> cubicle - concubine (n.)
- c. 1300, from Latin concubina (fem.), from concumbere "to lie with, to lie together, to cohabit," from com- "with" (see com-) + cubare "to lie down" (see cubicle). Recognized by law among polygamous peoples as "a secondary wife."
双语例句
- 1. 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.
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 2. " They say your grandfather's old friend Feng is looking for a concubine.
- “ 说是冯老太爷要讨姨太太,冯老太太也到我们公馆里头来过,她说,我们公馆里的丫头都长得不错,向老太爷要一个.
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 3. He's nearly sixty. He still wants a concubine? "
- 他六十岁了, 还讨小老婆? ”
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 4. I'd say she is a concubine's daughter.
- 我猜是小老婆的女儿罢.
来自汉英文学 - 围城
- 5. To become a concubine - what a disgrace.
- 做姨太太,这是何等可耻的事.
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）