英语词汇“mistress”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	mistress
释义	mis·tress I. \ˈmistrə̇s; preceding a name as a title, pronounced like mrs.\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English maistresse, from Middle French, from Old French, feminine of maistre master — more at master 1. obsolete : a woman or something personified or venerated as a woman regarded as a guide or protector < conjuring the moon to stand auspicious mistress — Shakespeare > 2. : a woman who has power, authority, or ownership: as a. : the female head of a family or household < having her here as mistress of this house — as your father's wife — Kathleen Freeman > < presided as mistress of the White House during the closing scenes of the administration — T.P.Abernethy > b. : a woman who employs or supervises servants < the … kitchen maid, whose pleasure during the week is in the thought of vying with her mistress on Sunday — Herbert Spencer > c. : a woman who possesses, owns, or controls something < though she was angry, she was still mistress of her temper > < mistress of a large fortune > < a dog whose mistress devoted hours a day to its care > < determined to get a job and become her own mistress > d. : a woman who is in charge of a school or other establishment or group < this guidance is given by a mistress of postulants and the mistress of novices — Mary Augustine > e. : a woman of the Scottish nobility who holds in her own right a status comparable to that of a master; specifically : the eldest daughter and heiress presumptive of a Scottish peer 3. a. chiefly Britain : a female teacher or tutor < while classics mistress in an East Anglian college — Irish Digest > < when I pointed this out to the drawing mistress she rebuked me and told me that the “feeling” was wonderful — Ralph Vaughan Williams > b. : a woman who is skilled in something or who has achieved mastery in some field < shows herself mistress of almost every conceivable type of fairy lore — Polly Goodwin > < mistress of the art of portraiture > < mistress of the science of medicine > 4. : a country or state regarded as having supremacy or control over others < when Rome was mistress of the world > < became undisputed mistress of the continent > 5. : something personified as female that rules or directs < Mother and Mistress of all the churches — William Leonard & Bernard Orchard > < the sea is a stern mistress and an unyielding disciplinarian — Bill Redgrave > 6. a. : a woman with whom a man habitually fornicates < leaving his wife, an actress, behind, he travels with his mistress — Bernice Matlowsky > b. archaic : a beloved woman : sweetheart 7. a. archaic : madam 1 b. — used archaically as a conventional title of courtesy before the given name or surname or before both names of an unmarried woman c. chiefly South & Midland : mrs. 1a 8. dialect chiefly Britain : wife II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) 1. : to address as mistress 2. : to achieve mastery of (an art) — used of a woman 3. : to rule or control as a mistress : dominate • - mistress it
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