a lamp with red glass, used (a) †as the sign of a doctor (obsolete) (b) as the sign of a brothel (in later use, chiefly attributive; cf. red light, n.…
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| 释义 | society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > sign of brothel (3) red lamp1785 a lamp with red glass, used (a) †as the sign of a doctor (obsolete) (b) as the sign of a brothel (in later use, chiefly attributive; cf. red light, n.… red light1891 A brothel (obsolete rare). Also: (in full red-light district) an area of a city or town where prostitution and other commercialized sexual… red lantern1909 = red light, n. 2; frequently attributive. |
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