英语词汇“woman of the night”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

woman of the night n. (a) any of various malevolent female spirits; (b) a prostitute.

1854 W. Howitt tr. J. Ennemoser Hist. Magic II. 92 Certain Christian myths..mingled themselves with the ecclesiastical legends of the middle ages, especially amongst the people. Thus elves and giants were converted into devils, and women of the night into witches.

1880 Sat. Rev. 6 Nov. 571/2 Apart, again, from these are the wilder shapes of the woodland, lamia who steal children, and the dreadful women of the night who wash the bodies of the dead.

1890 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 22 Mar. 369/2 The streets are full of women of the night.

1929 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 6 Oct. 1/6 For the first time in three years Borger is without gambling dens, liquor joints and women of the night.

1957 Times 8 Aug. 5/3 He said he would present evidence designed to prove that the magazines ‘operated through private eyes and women of the night to make contact with prominent people around Hollywood and create situations’.

2000 N. Kanellos Noche Buena 95 Half a dozen women of the night..were attending to the erotic desires of the missionaries.

单词	woman of the night
释义	> as lemmas woman of the night woman of the night n. (a) any of various malevolent female spirits; (b) a prostitute. Π 1854 W. Howitt tr. J. Ennemoser Hist. Magic II. 92 Certain Christian myths..mingled themselves with the ecclesiastical legends of the middle ages, especially amongst the people. Thus elves and giants were converted into devils, and women of the night into witches. 1880 Sat. Rev. 6 Nov. 571/2 Apart, again, from these are the wilder shapes of the woodland, lamia who steal children, and the dreadful women of the night who wash the bodies of the dead. 1890 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 22 Mar. 369/2 The streets are full of women of the night. 1929 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 6 Oct. 1/6 For the first time in three years Borger is without gambling dens, liquor joints and women of the night. 1957 Times 8 Aug. 5/3 He said he would present evidence designed to prove that the magazines ‘operated through private eyes and women of the night to make contact with prominent people around Hollywood and create situations’. 2000 N. Kanellos Noche Buena 95 Half a dozen women of the night..were attending to the erotic desires of the missionaries. extracted from womann. < as lemmas
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