| 单词 | prostitute |
| 释义 | prostitute —prostitutor, n. /pros"ti tooht', -tyooht'/, n. , v. , prostituted, prostituting. n. 1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot. 2. a man who engages in sexual acts for money. 3. a person who willingly uses his or her talent or ability in a base and unworthy way, usually for money. v.t. 4. to sell or offer (oneself) as a prostitute. 5. to put to any base or unworthy use: to prostitute one's talents. [1520-30; < L prostituta, n. use of fem. of prostitutus, ptp. of prostituere to expose (for sale), equiv. to pro- PRO-1 + -stitu-, comb. form of var. s. of statuere to cause to stand + -tus ptp. suffix; see STATUS] Syn. 1. call girl, streetwalker, courtesan; trollop, strumpet. |
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