mistress

英 [ˈmɪstrəs]

美 [ˈmɪstrəs]

n.  情妇; (尤指私立学校的)女教师; (尤指旧时雇用仆人的)女主人，主妇

复数：mistresses　

CET4CET6考研

Collins.2 / BNC.4800 / COCA.7187

牛津词典

noun

• 情妇
  a man's (usually a married man's) mistress is a woman that he is having a regular sexual relationship with and who is not his wife
• （尤指私立学校的）女教师
  a female teacher in a school, especially a private school
  1. the Biology mistress
     生物学女教师
• （尤指旧时雇用仆人的）女主人，主妇
  (in the past) the female head of a house, especially one who employed servants
  1. the mistress of the house
     这房子的女主人
• （狗或其他动物的）女主人
  the female owner of a dog or other animal
• 有权势的女子；女能人；女强人；女主宰
  a woman who is in a position of authority or control, or who is highly skilled in sth
  1. She wants to be mistress of her own affairs (= to organize her own life) .
     她希望自己的事自己作主。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 情妇
  A married man'smistressis a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship.
  1. She was his mistress for three years...
     她曾做过他3年的情妇。
  2. He has a wife and a mistress.
     他有妻子，还有一个情妇。
• N-COUNT 女教师
  Amistressis a female teacher.
  1. My history mistress was extremely helpful.
     教我历史的那位女老师特别乐于助人。
• N-COUNT 女主人
  A servant'smistressis the woman that he or she works for.
  1. It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress!
     她居然不听女主人的使唤，实在是太不像话了！
• N-COUNT (狗的)女主人
  A dog'smistressis the woman or girl who owns it.
  1. The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress.
     这条大狼犬围着女主人蹦蹦跳跳地绕圈子。
• N-UNCOUNT 绝对控制…的女人；主宰…的女人
  If a woman ismistressof a situation, she has complete control over it.
  1. She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
     她总是能够掌握自己的命运。
• N-COUNT (精通某项活动的)女能手，女行家
  If you say that a woman is amistress ofa particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it.
  1. She is a mistress of disguise.
     她是伪装的高手。
  2. ...another winner from the mistress of historical romance.
     来自这位历史爱情小说知名女作家又一部必定大受欢迎的作品

英英释义

noun

• a woman master who directs the work of others
• an adulterous woman
  Synonym:kept womanfancy woman
• a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
  Synonym:schoolmarmschoolma'amschoolmistress

双语例句

• She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
  她总是能够掌握自己的命运。
• Is your mistress at home?
  你的女主人在家吗？
• Anthony sometimes felt that his mistress was his superior in willpower
  有时安东尼感觉他的情妇比他更有意志力。
• When you marry your mistress you create a job vacancy.
  娶了情妇，你就制造了一个职位空缺。
• You're my mistress, not my wife.
  你毕竟不是我的妻子而只是我的情妇。
• The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress.
  这条大狼犬围着女主人蹦蹦跳跳地绕圈子。
• I mean, I'm like your mistress.
  我的意思是，我像你的情妇。
• That's right. you're short one mistress.
  没错，你还少了个情人。
• I became his mistress in despair.
  绝望之下我当了他的情妇。
• 'Who was your mistress?' I asked.
  你的女主人是谁？我问。