madam

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
    — Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.
  2. The mistress of a household.
  3. A conceited or quarrelsome girl. colloquial
    — Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
  4. A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients. slang
    — After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.
  5. A hated or contemptuous woman; used as a general term of abuse India,derogatory,slang
动词 v.
  1. To address as "madam". transitive
    — Madam me no Madam, but learn to retrench your vvords; and ſay Mam; as yes Mam, and no Mam, as other Ladies VVomen do. Madam! 'tis a year in pronouncing.
  2. To be a madam; to run (a brothel). ambitransitive,rare
    — The writer has never accepted the criterion “will it make money?” He has known that the application of such an irrelevancy to any of the arts and sciences resulted in sterility, error and waste. But what is more important, the writer will not pretend that this is not so. He will not pretend that the money criterion is a valid point of reference. The result has been that the writer has been kicked around from furnished room to the luxurious offices of advertising agencies and those palaces of prostitution which are madamed by public relations counsellors.

词形变化

madams plural mesdames plural madame alternative madams present,singular,third-person madaming participle,present madamming participle,present,rare madamed participle,past madamed past madammed participle,past,rare madammed past,rare madame alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bemadam dear Sir or Madam Madam and Eve madamhood madamish madamji Madam President troll madam
相关词
ma'am madame mademoiselle m'lady pimp pimping

词源

词源 1
From Middle English madame, from Old French madame, from ma (“my”) + dame (“lady”), from post-classical Latin mea domina. Doublet of Madonna.
词源 2
From Middle English madame, from Old French madame, from ma (“my”) + dame (“lady”), from post-classical Latin mea domina. Doublet of Madonna.
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