| 释义 |
‖ chère amie|ʃɛr ami|
[Fr., lit. ‘dear (woman) friend’.]
= mistress n. 11.
1792C. Smith Desmond I. viii. 131 The poor bishops are gone upon their travels, and their chere amie's upon the town. 1827Mill Let. 12 Apr. in Wks. (1963) XII. 17, I hope you are not the ‘young law student of Lyon's Inn’ whose chère amie tried to throw herself into the Thames yesterday? 1928E. T. Vaughan Lett. of Mrs. E. Twisleton xi. 212 Walewska, Mme., a Polish countess, chère amie of Napoleon I, by whom he had a son. 1966H. Yoxall Fashion of Life viii. 66 Elinor Glyn, the surprising chère amie of that ‘very superior person’, George Nathaniel Curzon. |