| 单词 | brothel |
| 释义 | brothel[ broth-uhl, broth-, braw-thuhl, -thuhl ] / ˈbrɒθ əl, ˈbrɒð-, ˈbrɔ θəl, -ðəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR brothel ON THESAURUS.COM nouna house of prostitution. Origin of brothel1350–1400 for earlier sense; short for brothel-house whore-house; Middle English brothel harlot, originally worthless person, equivalent to broth- (past participle stem of brethen,Old English brēothan to decay, degenerate) + -el noun suffix OTHER WORDS FROM brothelbroth·el·like, adjectiveWords nearby brothelbros., brose, Brossard, bro talk, broth, brothel, brother, brotherhood, brother-in-law, Brother Jonathan, brotherly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brothel
British Dictionary definitions for brothelbrothel / (ˈbrɒθəl) / nouna house or other place where men pay to have sexual intercourse with prostitutes Australian informal any untidy or messy place Word Origin for brothelC16: short for brothel-house, from C14 brothel useless person, from Old English brēothan to deteriorate; related to briethel worthless Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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