英语词汇“harlot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Harlot is an old-fashioned word for a prostitute — a woman who has sex for money.

These days, calling a woman a harlot is usually done humorously. This word is too old-sounding and unusual to be very insulting. Still, you shouldn't call anyone a harlot, because it's a term — just like "whore," "strumpet," and "lady of the night" — for a woman who has sex for money. That's never been a compliment, even though today the world's oldest profession has a much nicer term: sex worker.

WORD FAMILY

harlot: harlots

USAGE EXAMPLES

When he remarries someone else, she’s left with none of the benefits of their partnership and a reputation as a harlot.

Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016)

But sometimes, without telling anyone, I still read “our books,” or ones that could have been ours, like Balzac’s “A Harlot High and Low.”

The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016)

We all know that most sports teams are basically akin to money hungry harlots and will sell anything they can to add to their coffers.

New York Times(Aug 25, 2016)

n a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl

call girl

a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone

camp follower

a prostitute who provides service to military personnel

comfort woman, ianfu

a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II

demimondaine

a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society

floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker

a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

white slave

a woman sold into prostitution

adult female, woman

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

单词	harlot
释义	harlot (once / 3123 pages) n Harlot is an old-fashioned word for a prostitute — a woman who has sex for money. These days, calling a woman a harlot is usually done humorously. This word is too old-sounding and unusual to be very insulting. Still, you shouldn't call anyone a harlot, because it's a term — just like "whore," "strumpet," and "lady of the night" — for a woman who has sex for money. That's never been a compliment, even though today the world's oldest profession has a much nicer term: sex worker. WORD FAMILY harlot: harlots USAGE EXAMPLES When he remarries someone else, she’s left with none of the benefits of their partnership and a reputation as a harlot. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) But sometimes, without telling anyone, I still read “our books,” or ones that could have been ours, like Balzac’s “A Harlot High and Low.” The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) We all know that most sports teams are basically akin to money hungry harlots and will sell anything they can to add to their coffers. New York Times(Aug 25, 2016) n a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl call girl a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone camp follower a prostitute who provides service to military personnel comfort woman, ianfu a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II demimondaine a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets white slave a woman sold into prostitution adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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