| 释义 |
prostitute /prosˈti-tūt/ noun- A person (usu a woman) who accepts money in return for sexual intercourse
- Someone who offers their skills, efforts or reputation for unworthy ends
transitive verb- To devote to, or offer or sell for, an unworthy, evil or immoral use
- To hire out for sexual intercourse
- To degrade by publicity or commonness
- To devote or offer as a religious act (obsolete)
adjective- Openly devoted to lewdness
- Given over (to evil)
- Shamefully or ignobly mercenary
- Hackneyed, debased by commonness (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L prōstituere, -ūtum to set up for sale, from prō before, and statuere to place prostitūˈtion noun - The act or practice of prostituting
- Devotion to unworthy or shameful purposes
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