| 单词 | fallen woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfallen woman fallen woman n. a woman who has lost her chastity, honour, or standing, or who has become morally degenerate; (sometimes) a prostitute.In quot. 1659 referring specifically to Eve. ΚΠ 1659 R. Gell Ess. Amendm. Transl. Bible i. 14 What else can be the seed of the fallen woman but disobedience unto God, and consequently obedience unto the Serpent? 1681 J. Denne Lawfulnes of Mixt-marriages Weighed sig. Bv They defiled themselves by accompaning [sic] with fallen Women. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) III. xxxv. 173 A fallen woman is a worse devil than even a profligate man. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) ii. i. 53 The once fall'n woman must for ever fall. 1861 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Feb. 128/2 I do believe that the wholesale consignment of babies to wet-nurses, and these almost invariably fallen women, is highly improper. 1909 Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 5/3 The great impediment to success in the work of saving fallen women was the machinery of institutionalism. 1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) iii. i. 262 Nanny..said..she wouldn't go and live in any household where the mistress was a fallen woman—whatever that means. 2002 Washington Post 3 June (Home ed.) a3/2 Turning tricks has been part of the culture [of the city] since Louis XIV shipped over fallen women to entertain the French colonists. 2014 W. S. Poole Vampira i. 29 The ‘fallen woman’ became a recognizable trope in American literature and moral advice. < as lemmas |
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