| 单词 | mistress |
| 释义 | mistress (mɪstrəs ) Word forms: mistresses 1. countable noun [usually with poss] A married man's mistress is a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship. [old-fashioned] She was his mistress for three years. He has a wife and a mistress. Synonyms: lover, girlfriend, concubine [old-fashioned], kept woman 2. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] A mistress is a female teacher. [British, old-fashioned] My history mistress was extremely helpful. 3. countable noun [usually with poss] A servant's mistress is the woman that he or she works for. [old-fashioned] It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress! 4. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] A dog's mistress is the woman or girl who owns it. The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress. 5. uncountable noun [also NOUN in plural, usually NOUN of noun] If a woman is mistress of a situation, she has complete control over it. She had always been mistress of her own destiny. 6. countable noun [NOUN of noun] If you say that a woman is a mistress of a particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it. She is a mistress of disguise. ...another winner from the mistress of historical romance. Translations: Chinese: 情妇 Japanese: 女性の愛人 |
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