| 单词 | painted woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspainted woman painted woman n. a woman wearing cosmetics; spec. (euphemistic) a disreputable woman, a prostitute; cf. painted lady n. 1. ΚΠ 1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit iv. i. 66 I hate a Painted Woman in my heart, I suspect their Virtue. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xii. 459 You must take notice of that painted woman seated on a throne very near the gate. She is called Delusion. 1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods iii. iii. 240 The drink-sodden wretchedness of the painted women at the corner. 1990 J. Rose Modigliani (BNC) 102 No old fat men, no painted women: all young, agreeable and spirited. < as lemmas |
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