mis.tress
n.(名词)
A woman in a position of authority, control, or ownership, as the head of a household:
主妇:做家庭主妇,处于权威者、控制者或所有者地位的妇女:
例句:
.Thirteen years had seen her mistress of Kellynch Hall.(Jane Austen)
.十三年来看她一直作着凯林克府第的女主人.(简·奥斯汀)
A woman owner of an animal or a slave.
女主人:一个动物或一个奴隶的女性拥有者
A woman with ultimate control over something:
女主人:对某事有最终控制的女人:
例句:
the mistress of her own mind.
她自己心灵的主人
A nation or country that has supremacy over others:
霸主:对其它国有控制权的一个民族或国家:
例句:
Great Britain, once the mistress of the seas.
英国,曾一度是海上霸主
Something personified as female that directs or reigns:
女统治者:被拟人化成能指挥或统治的女性的某事物:
例句:
.my mistress . . . the open road.(Robert Louis Stevenson)
.开阔的大路…我的主人.(罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森)
A woman who has mastered a skill or a branch of learning:
女能手:掌握一技之长或一门学问的女性:
例句:
a mistress of the culinary art.
烹调高手
A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usually married man who is not her husband and from whom she generally receives material support.
情妇:与通常是已婚但又不是自己丈夫的男子保持长久的性关系,并从他那里得到物质支持的女人
Mistress Used formerly as a courtesy title when speaking to or of a woman.
Mistress 女士,夫人:与女性交谈或谈及一位女性时,用作礼貌称谓
Chiefly British A woman schoolteacher.
【多用于英国】 女教师
来源:
Middle English maistresse
中古英语 maistresse
from Old French [feminine of] maistre [master]
源自 古法语 [] maistre的阴性词 [男主人]
from Latin magister * see master
源自 拉丁语 magister *参见 master