mistress

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
    — She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
  2. A female head of household.
  3. A female teacher.
    — games mistress
  4. The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
  5. A dominatrix.
    — As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
  6. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
    — A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
  7. A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
    — he could not forbear putting his horse out of the way , and rode with his mistress behind him round about it
  8. A married woman; a wife. Scotland
    — Several of the neighbouring mistresses […] had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening.
  9. A respectful mode of address to a woman. archaic
  10. The jack in the game of bowls. obsolete
    — Faith, keep a bachelor still, and go to bowls, sir, Follow your mistress there, and prick and save, sir; For other mistresses will make you a slave, sir
  11. A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).
  12. Female equivalent of master. feminine,form-of
  13. Female equivalent of mister. feminine,form-of
动词 v.
  1. Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency. rare,transitive
    — These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny.
  2. To act or take the role of a mistress. intransitive
    — […] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]

词形变化

mistresses plural mistris alternative,obsolete mistresses present,singular,third-person mistressing participle,present mistressed participle,past mistressed past mistris alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
bit on the side concubine doxy dulcinea goomah leman loon minx mistress number two side bitch side chick side piece side ting sprunk strumpet wench wifelet
反义词
wife
上位词
lover sexual partner
下位词
courtesan grass widow kept woman
衍生词
ballet mistress bandmistress beastmistress blogmistress choirmistress concertmistress cruel mistress dockmistress dungeon mistress fickle mistress game mistress grandmistress guildmistress harbormistress harsh mistress headmistress herbmistress housemistress Jill of all trades, mistress of none jobmistress loremistress manstress misteress mistressdom mistresshood mistressless mistressly mistressmind mistress of ceremonies mistress of the robes mistresspiece Mistress Santa Claus mistressship mistressy Mrs Mrs. Miss Ms Ms. past mistress paymistress postmistress quartermistress quizmistress ringmistress runemistress schoolmistress scoutmistress shipmistress slavemistress spellmistress spymistress stationmistress subpostmistress swordmistress swordsmistress taskmistress toastmistress wagonmistress wardrobe mistress webmistress whoremistress workmistress

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.?
Proto-Italic *magisteros
Latin magister, magistrum
Old French maistre
Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor.
Latin -issader.
Old French -esse
Old French maistressebor.
Middle English maistresse
English mistress
From Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse (whence French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). By surface analysis, mist(e)r + -ess.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.?
Proto-Italic *magisteros
Latin magister, magistrum
Old French maistre
Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor.
Latin -issader.
Old French -esse
Old French maistressebor.
Middle English maistresse
English mistress
From Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse (whence French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). By surface analysis, mist(e)r + -ess.
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