concubine
英['k??kj?ba?n]
美['kɑ?kjuba?n]
- n. 妾；情婦；姘婦
詞態變化
復數:?concubines;
中文詞源
concubine 妾
con-, 強調。-cub, 躺，睡，詞源同incubus, succubus.
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. His concubine , Mistress Chen, was visiting with her old mother.
- 陳姨太也回到了她的年老的母親那里.
來自漢英文學 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 2. " They say your grandfather's old friend Feng is looking for a concubine.
- “ 說是馮老太爺要討姨太太,馮老太太也到我們公館里頭來過,她說,我們公館里的丫頭都長得不錯,向老太爺要一個.
來自漢英文學 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 3. He's nearly sixty. He still wants a concubine? "
- 他六十歲了, 還討小老婆? ”
來自漢英文學 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 4. I'd say she is a concubine's daughter.
- 我猜是小老婆的女兒罷.
來自漢英文學 - 圍城
- 5. To become a concubine - what a disgrace.
- 做姨太太,這是何等可恥的事.
來自漢英文學 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）