| 释义 |
‖ geisha|ˈgeɪʃə|
Pl. geisha, -as.
[Japanese.]
A Japanese girl whose profession is to entertain men by dancing and singing; loosely, a Japanese prostitute.
1891E. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 777 All Kyôto's geishas will be there. 1892Critic (U.S.) 5 Mar. 139/2 Most of the illustrations illustrate that one-half of Japan which foreigners, including authors, usually meet in the gei-sha or singing-and-dancing girl. 1896Hall & Greenbank (title), The Geisha, a story of a tea house. A Japanese Musical Play. Ibid. 129 Geisha are we, Bidden to be Present to-day at the ceremonee. 1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 553/2 Geisha.., strictly the name of the professional dancing and singing girls of Japan. The word is, however, often loosely used for the girls and women inhabiting Shin Yoshiwara, the prostitutes' quarter of Tokyo. 1922Joyce Ulysses 95 And they call me the jewel of Asia, Of Asia, The geisha. 1939B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese (ed. 6) 460 Up-to-date garb and manners make the geisha appear prim and old-fashioned.
attrib.1887Pall Mall G. 17 Nov. 5/1 My companion and I..entered a theatre, where we were regaled with a terribly realistic tragedy and geisha dancing. 1887[see kimono]. 1895‘C. Holland’ My Japanese Wife i. 2 A real mousmé, not a geisha girl with a past, an ambiguous present, and a who-knows-what future. 1910Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 617/1, I have heard of the geisha girls of Japan. 1947J. Bertram Shadow of War vii. iii. 221 Omori..had enjoyed a certain reputation as a home of rather superior geisha-houses. If not quite a red-light district.., it was down in the guide-books as a ‘pleasure-quarter’ of Tokyo. |