mistresses

英 [ˈmɪstrɪsɪz]

美 [ˈmɪstrəsəz]

n.  情妇; (尤指私立学校的)女教师; (尤指旧时雇用仆人的)女主人，主妇
mistress的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 情妇
  A married man'smistressis a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship.
  1. She was his mistress for three years...
     她曾做过他3年的情妇。
  2. He has a wife and a mistress.
     他有妻子，还有一个情妇。
• N-COUNT 女教师
  Amistressis a female teacher.
  1. My history mistress was extremely helpful.
     教我历史的那位女老师特别乐于助人。
• N-COUNT 女主人
  A servant'smistressis the woman that he or she works for.
  1. It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress!
     她居然不听女主人的使唤，实在是太不像话了！
• N-COUNT (狗的)女主人
  A dog'smistressis the woman or girl who owns it.
  1. The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress.
     这条大狼犬围着女主人蹦蹦跳跳地绕圈子。
• N-UNCOUNT 绝对控制…的女人；主宰…的女人
  If a woman ismistressof a situation, she has complete control over it.
  1. She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
     她总是能够掌握自己的命运。
• N-COUNT (精通某项活动的)女能手，女行家
  If you say that a woman is amistress ofa particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it.
  1. She is a mistress of disguise.
     她是伪装的高手。
  2. ...another winner from the mistress of historical romance.
     来自这位历史爱情小说知名女作家又一部必定大受欢迎的作品

双语例句

• The mistresses of the two neighboring houses made a scene over some trifles.
  相邻两所屋子的主妇为了点小事吵了一场。
• I knew then that wives and mistresses, if they learn anything at all, learn pretty much the same things.
  于是我知道妻子和情人们要学的东西其实相当一致。
• He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.
  他介绍了些十六七岁的女孩给他那些有权势的朋友当情人。
• And if I may, a follow up: can you believe your father's choice in mistresses?
  请让我说完：你能相信你父亲选择了情人吗？
• I tried taking mistresses, like, the French dancer.
  我曾找过情妇，比如赛林娜，那个法国舞女。
• Even if some are unmarried, what they really want is to find some young and pretty mistresses.
  即使有人未婚，他们真正要找的也只是年轻美丽的情人罢了。
• Men often see their mistresses as playing more 'surface', decorative roles in their lives, providing sex and affection without much emotional attachment.
  男性通常认为情人在自己的生活中扮演更加表面、装饰性的角色，给他们带来性和愉悦，却没有太多情感依附。
• You will meet the lord's mistresses tonight.
  你今晚要与侍妾们见面。
• He had concentrated on his racehorses, his shooting, and his mistresses.
  他的心思全用在赛马、射猎以及情妇们身上。
• Lateesha was one of claremont's many mistresses.
  丽提莎是克莱蒙特众多情人中的一个。