concubines
英 [ˈkɒŋkjʊbaɪnz]
美 [ˈkɑnkjəˌbaɪnz]
n. (尤指旧时某些社会里的)妾,姨太太,小老婆
concubine的复数
柯林斯词典
- (旧时的)姘妇,情妇,妾
In former times, aconcubinewas a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.
双语例句
- Perhaps your Majesty would like to send for one of the concubines.
或许陛下您需要叫个小可爱来。 - No less captive within the Forbidden City were the imperial concubines.
紫禁城里最可怜的奴隶是皇帝的嫔妃。 - The warlord treated his concubines as graceful playthings.
那个军阀把他的小妾当作美丽的玩物。 - He is said to have had a harem of700 wives and300 concubines.
据说他有七百个妻子和三百多个妾。 - Who already had a wife, two concubines and other children.
他已有一妻二妾,子女成群。 - Men want virgins as concubines.
人家买姨太太的要整货。 - Concubines refer to the stratum of society made up of women or young girls who have marital relationships with some male benefactor in the upper classes of society.
妾是一个由妇女和少女组成的社会阶层。她们与社会地位高的男人组成类似婚姻的关系。 - He palace housed the emperors with their many wives and concubines.
这座宫殿曾是皇帝们及其众多的皇后和妃子的居住之地。 - Although the ebullient and vain young king revelled in the pleasures of his office he was a musician, a gourmet, and a womaniser in the royal tradition with at least six wives, a number of concubines and about 30 children he proved a disappointing puppet.
这位热情而虚荣的年轻国王陶醉于宫廷生活的快乐,他成为了一位音乐家、美食家,并且遵循王室传统做到了妻妾成群他拥有至少6位妻子、多名小妾和约30个孩子。 - And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
于是王带着全家的人出去了,但留下十个妃嫔看守宫殿。
