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单词 scarlet woman
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Definition of scarlet woman in English:

scarlet woman

nounˌskɑːlɪt ˈwʊmənˌskɑrlət ˈwʊmən
dated, humorous
  • A woman who is notorious for having many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

    I will not consent to be portrayed in the press as a scarlet woman!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cinderella's stylish godmother is a bit of a scarlet woman and definitely had a very good war.
    • They were clearly hoping that perhaps they would learn some interesting gossip about this obviously scarlet woman being entertained in the Whitman household.
    • Then there is Kellie, cast as the scarlet woman.
    • For most people, the death penalty for adultery sounds too much like Arabic laws that call for stoning scarlet women.
    • Having been told that she was a scarlet woman who had brought the name of the House of Windsor into disrepute, Margaret decided to behave like one.
    • ‘I really was the scarlet woman all those years ago,’ she said.
    • And instead of feeling like a scarlet woman I felt excited and almost as though I was given a new lease on life.
    • There I was, an innocent auburn-haired kid and in walks this scarlet woman who introduced me to heroin and pre-marital sex.
    • What was notable in tonight's BBC special was the horror felt by women scholars that ‘their’ Mary Magdalene could possibly have been a rehabilitated scarlet woman.
    • I was only a year a widow and my landlady was advised to get rid of me, because I was a kind of scarlet woman.

Origin

Early 19th century: in early use mainly as a derogatory reference to the Roman Catholic Church, identified (by some Protestant interpreters) with the symbolic biblical figure of ‘the great whore’, described as a woman in scarlet and purple robes (Revelation 17).

 
 

Definition of scarlet woman in US English:

scarlet woman

nounˌskärlət ˈwo͝omənˌskɑrlət ˈwʊmən
dated, humorous
  • A woman who is notorious for having many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

    I will not consent to be portrayed in the press as a scarlet woman!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What was notable in tonight's BBC special was the horror felt by women scholars that ‘their’ Mary Magdalene could possibly have been a rehabilitated scarlet woman.
    • Having been told that she was a scarlet woman who had brought the name of the House of Windsor into disrepute, Margaret decided to behave like one.
    • Cinderella's stylish godmother is a bit of a scarlet woman and definitely had a very good war.
    • And instead of feeling like a scarlet woman I felt excited and almost as though I was given a new lease on life.
    • For most people, the death penalty for adultery sounds too much like Arabic laws that call for stoning scarlet women.
    • I was only a year a widow and my landlady was advised to get rid of me, because I was a kind of scarlet woman.
    • There I was, an innocent auburn-haired kid and in walks this scarlet woman who introduced me to heroin and pre-marital sex.
    • Then there is Kellie, cast as the scarlet woman.
    • They were clearly hoping that perhaps they would learn some interesting gossip about this obviously scarlet woman being entertained in the Whitman household.
    • ‘I really was the scarlet woman all those years ago,’ she said.

Origin

Early 19th century: in early use mainly as a derogatory reference to the Roman Catholic Church, identified (by some Protestant interpreters) with the symbolic biblical figure of ‘the great whore’, described as a woman in scarlet and purple robes (Revelation 17).

 
 
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