| 单词 | mistress |
| 释义 | mistress —mistressed, adj. —mistress-ship, n. /mis"tris/, n. 1. a woman who has authority, control, or power, esp. the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment. 2. a woman employing, or in authority over, servants or attendants. 3. a female owner of an animal, or formerly, a slave. 4. a woman who has the power of controlling or disposing of something at her own pleasure: mistress of a great fortune. 5. (sometimes cap.) something regarded as feminine that has control or supremacy: Great Britain, the mistress of the seas. 6. a women who is skilled in something, as an occupation or art. 7. a woman who has a continuing, extramarital sexual relationship with one man, esp. a man who, in return for an exclusive and continuing liaison, provides her with financial support. 8. Brit. a female schoolteacher; schoolmistress. 9. (cap.) a term of address in former use and corresponding to Mrs., Miss, or Ms. 10. Archaic. sweetheart. [1275-1325; ME maistresse < MF, OF, equiv. to maistre MASTER + -esse -ESS] Usage. See -ess. |
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