concubine

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
  2. A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
    — And that is more than I will yield unto: / I know I am too mean to be your queen, / And yet too good to be your concubine.
  3. A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service. historical
    — He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:

词形变化

concubines plural

词汇关系

衍生词
concubinage concubinal concubinary mancubine
相关词
harem polygamy co-wife seraglio

词源

From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of concumbō (“to lie together”)) + feminine suffix -īna.
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