concubine

Word family

con·cu·bine /ˈkɒŋkjəbaɪn $ ˈkɑːŋ-/ noun [countableC]

SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHa woman in the past who lived with and had sex with a man who already had a wife or wives, but who was socially less important than the wives 〔旧时的〕妾，姨太太，小老婆

Examples from the Corpus

concubine• He was the elder brother of Burun's father, the son of a concubine, never acknowledged as heir.• He is refused hospitality by the rich village priest, who lives with a concubine.• Giving up his five wives and dozen concubines, Vladimir demanded that all his subjects in Kiev become baptized.• The priest and his concubine retire; the guest soon seduces the girl with the promise of the sheepskin in payment.• Pharaoh's daughter would probably be a daughter by one of his concubines, not a princess of blood-royal.• On the death of his third wife, Charles lived with no less than three concubines who bore him numerous children.• The priest had to be denounced by his parishioners; many with concubines would have escaped challenge.• There is little doubt that those Roman writers who equate slaves with concubines were telling the truth.

Origin concubine

(1200-1300) Old French Latin concubina, from com- ( → COM-) + cubare “to lie”

con·cu·bine noun

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

🔍 牛津詞典🔍 朗文詞典 🎯🔍 劍橋詞典🔍 柯林斯詞典🔍 麥美倫詞典🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)

最近搜尋：

concubine

🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)