mistresses

英 [ˈmɪstrɪsɪz]

美 [ˈmɪstrəsəz]

n.  情妇; (尤指私立学校的)女教师; (尤指旧时雇用仆人的)女主人，主妇
mistress的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 情妇
  A married man'smistressis a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship.
  1. She was his mistress for three years...
     她曾做过他3年的情妇。
  2. He has a wife and a mistress.
     他有妻子，还有一个情妇。
• N-COUNT 女教师
  Amistressis a female teacher.
  1. My history mistress was extremely helpful.
     教我历史的那位女老师特别乐于助人。
• N-COUNT 女主人
  A servant'smistressis the woman that he or she works for.
  1. It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress!
     她居然不听女主人的使唤，实在是太不像话了！
• N-COUNT (狗的)女主人
  A dog'smistressis the woman or girl who owns it.
  1. The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress.
     这条大狼犬围着女主人蹦蹦跳跳地绕圈子。
• N-UNCOUNT 绝对控制…的女人；主宰…的女人
  If a woman ismistressof a situation, she has complete control over it.
  1. She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
     她总是能够掌握自己的命运。
• N-COUNT (精通某项活动的)女能手，女行家
  If you say that a woman is amistress ofa particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it.
  1. She is a mistress of disguise.
     她是伪装的高手。
  2. ...another winner from the mistress of historical romance.
     来自这位历史爱情小说知名女作家又一部必定大受欢迎的作品

双语例句

• Millionaires tend to have long-lasting marriages rather than fancy girl-friends or mistresses.
  百万富翁往往保持持久的婚姻，而不会有爱卖弄的女朋友或情妇。
• Cause mistresses got no brain, otherwise they would never be mistress.
  婊子本来就不要脸，要不然就不叫婊子了。
• Even if some are unmarried, what they really want is to find some young and pretty mistresses.
  即使有人未婚，他们真正要找的也只是年轻美丽的情人罢了。
• Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old man's nurses.& Francis Bacon.
  妻子是年轻男子的情人，中年男子的伴侣，老年男子的护士。&弗朗西斯·培根。
• The game over, the mistresses ordered him to take the guests home.
  牌局散了，太太叫他把客人送回家。
• This explains why mistresses receive less practical and more 'pretty' gifts.
  这解释了为什么情人收到的礼物更不实用，但更漂亮。
• Wives and mistresses have different clocks.
  妻子和情人的时钟大不相同。
• Men often see their mistresses as playing more 'surface', decorative roles in their lives, providing sex and affection without much emotional attachment.
  男性通常认为情人在自己的生活中扮演更加表面、装饰性的角色，给他们带来性和愉悦，却没有太多情感依附。
• And if I may, a follow up: can you believe your father's choice in mistresses?
  请让我说完：你能相信你父亲选择了情人吗？
• I tried taking mistresses, like, the French dancer.
  我曾找过情妇，比如赛林娜，那个法国舞女。