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单词 concubine
释义 concubine
 /kong"kyeuh buyn', kon"-/,  n.  
  1. a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, esp. one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress.
  2. (among polygamous peoples) a secondary wife, usually of inferior rank.
  3. (esp. formerly in Muslim societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan, for sexual purposes.
 [1250-1300; ME ( < AF) < L concubina, equiv. to concub- (var. s. of concumbere to lie together; see CON-, INCUMBENT) + -ina fem. suffix]
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