| 释义 |
‖ maiko|ˈmaiko|
[Jap.]
A girl who is being trained to become a geisha.
1904R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia xii. 111 They are but Maiko—geisha so young and untried as to be beneath Japanese consideration. Ibid. 113 She rises.., flanked by the two Maiko. 1938Bush & Kagami Japanalia 69/1 Young apprentice geisha are called Maiko in Kyōto and Hangyoku in Tōkyō. 1966P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) vii. 93 Young geisha, or maiko, usually dance with some gaiety. 1971Vogue Dec. 92/1 An apprentice Geisha is a Maiko—a girl usually between seventeen and twenty. |