mistress 英 [ˈmɪstrəs] 　 美 [ˈmɪstrɪs]

mistress

mistress　 英 [ˈmɪstrəs] 美 [ˈmɪstrɪs]

n. 情妇；女主人；主妇；女教师　

名词复数:mistresses　

the Biology mistress　生物科女教师
the mistress of the house　这房子的女主人

  • A mistress is a female master — she's the one in control. The wardrobe mistress is in charge of costumes for a theater. At some schools, the head of the school is called the headmaster or headmistress.
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  • n. 情妇；女主人；主妇；女教师

  • 1. the Biology mistress

    生物科女教师

  • 2. the mistress of the house

    这房子的女主人

  • 3. She wants to be mistress of her own affairs .

    她希望自己的事自己作主。

  • mistress (n.) early 14c., "female teacher, governess," from Old French maistresse "mistress (lover); housekeeper; governess, female teacher" (Modern French maîtresse), fem. of maistre "master" (see master (n.)). Sense of "a woman who employs others or has authority over servants" is from early 15c. Sense of "kept woman of a married man" is from early 15c.
mis·tress / ˈmɪstrəs ; NAmE ˈmɪstrəs / noun 1 a man's (usually a married man's) mistressis a woman that he is having a regular sexual relationship with and who is not his wife 情妇 2 ( BrE) ( old-fashioned) a female teacher in a school, especially a private school （尤指私立学校的）女教师 ◆ the Biology mistress 生物科女教师 3 (in the past) the female head of a house, especially one who employed servants （尤指旧时雇用仆人的）女主人，主妇 ◆ the mistress of the house 这房子的女主人 4 the female owner of a dog or other animal （狗或其他动物的）女主人 5 ( formal) a woman who is in a position of authority or control, or who is highly skilled in sth 有权势的女子；女能人；女强人；女主宰 ◆ She wants to be mistress of her own affairs (= to organize her own life). 她希望自己的事自己作主。 ☞compare master mistress mistresses mis·tress / ˈmɪstrəs ; NAmE ˈmɪstrəs /
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