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

单词	madam
释义	mad·am I. \ˈmadəm\ noun (plural madams \-əmz\ ; or mes·dames \(ˈ)mā\|däm, -dam, -daa(ə)m, -dȧm\ ; see numbered senses) Etymology: Middle English madam, madame, from Old French ma dame, literally, my lady 1. : lady — used as a form of respectful or polite address formerly to a woman of rank or position but now to any woman < madam, I swear I use no art at all — Shakespeare > < right this way, madam > 2. : mistress 2 — used as a conventional title of courtesy formerly with the given name but now usually with the surname < how did thy master part with Madam Julia — Shakespeare > < with one accord lament for Madam Blaize — Oliver Goldsmith > 3. plural madams, archaic : a woman affecting ostentatious refinement < was far too pampered a madam — Thomas Hood †1845 > 4. plural madams a. obsolete : prostitute < a gentleman who mistook a kept madam for a lady — Gentleman's Magazine > b. : the female head of a house of prostitution : bawd < the hard-bitten madam of the house where the prostitute works — Brendan Gill > 5. plural madams : the female head of a household : wife < every once in a while the madam and I will order a book that we've read about — H.S.Truman > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) archaic : to address as madam < they madam each other with genteel petulance — Examiner >
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