| 单词 | red-light district |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred-light district 2. A brothel (obsolete rare). Also: (in full red-light district) an area of a city or town where prostitution and other commercialized sexual activities are concentrated. Also occasionally as a mass noun.With reference to the red light traditionally used as the sign of a brothel. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution stew-side1552 brothelry1577 red light1891 red-light district1891 ho stroll1972 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution Yoshiwara1870 red light1891 red-light district1891 ho stroll1972 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > sign of brothel red lamp1785 red light1891 red lantern1909 1880 Public Health Rep. & Papers 1879 (Amer. Public Health Assoc.) 5 62 What do we..do to repress prostitution? Nothing... We see the streets..thronged with harlots... Is it not better that the red light and conspicuous number should mark the door of the strange woman,..than that [etc.].] 1891 Sunday Union (Sacramento, Calif.) 10 May 5/4 (heading) The prosecution has been diligently at work..procuring the names of patrons of the ‘Red Light’ for the purpose of proving beyond all peradventure the character and purposes of the house and nuisance complained of. 1894 Jeffersonville (Indiana) News 29 Mar. Police Judge Thompson went slumming in the red-light district, and as a result of his expedition, he read the riot act yesterday from the bench. 1900 Boston Transcript 4 Dec. 14/3 The disorderly houses in the ‘red-light’ district were all closed last night. 1915 Sat. Spectator (Terre Haute, Indiana) 30 Jan. 7/2 The redlighters have pleaded guilty to the same crime. In the crisis the redlight proved what it really was. 1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 276 I was amazed to find that about two thirds of every city consisted of red-light district. 1962 Coast to Coast 1961–2 131 Harry was rough, tough and hairy, and he knew where to find..a sly-grog joint or a red light in every capital city. 1981 Observer 2 May 3/4 The trial will seem far removed from the red-light districts and suburbs where Sutcliffe struck. 2007 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 174/3 Kabukicho, ablaze with neon, is Tokyo's red-light district. < as lemmas |
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