mis.tress
mistress的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˈmistris]
KK音标发音: [ˈmɪstrɪs]
mistress的词性:
n.(名词)
1. A woman in a position of authority, control, or ownership, as the head of a household:
主妇:做家庭主妇,处于权威者、控制者或所有者地位的妇女:
“Thirteen years had seen her mistress of Kellynch Hall”(Jane Austen)
“十三年来看她一直作着凯林克府第的女主人”(简·奥斯汀)
2. A woman owner of an animal or a slave.
女主人:一个动物或一个奴隶的女性拥有者
3. A woman with ultimate control over something:
女主人:对某事有最终控制的女人:
the mistress of her own mind.
她自己心灵的主人
4. A nation or country that has supremacy over others:
霸主:对其它国有控制权的一个民族或国家:
Great Britain, once the mistress of the seas.
英国,曾一度是海上霸主
5. Something personified as female that directs or reigns:
女统治者:被拟人化成能指挥或统治的女性的某事物:
“my mistress . . . the open road”(Robert Louis Stevenson)
“开阔的大路…我的主人”(罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森)
6. A woman who has mastered a skill or a branch of learning:
女能手:掌握一技之长或一门学问的女性:
a mistress of the culinary art.
烹调高手
7. A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usually married man who is not her husband and from whom she generally receives material support.
情妇:与通常是已婚但又不是自己丈夫的男子保持长久的性关系,并从他那里得到物质支持的女人
8. Mistress Used formerly as a courtesy title when speaking to or of a woman.
Mistress 女士,夫人:与女性交谈或谈及一位女性时,用作礼貌称谓
9. Chiefly British A woman schoolteacher.
【多用于英国】 女教师
mistress的词源:
10. Middle English maistresse
中古英语 maistresse
11. from Old French [feminine of] maistre [master]
源自 古法语 [] maistre的阴性词 [男主人]
12. from Latin magister * see master
源自 拉丁语 magister *参见 master