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

• 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？
• Russian men-like the Chinese-shout into the telephone as if scaring off a bear, even when, or perhaps especially when, talking to their wives or mistresses.
  俄罗斯男性和中国人一样，喜欢对着电话高声喊叫，仿佛是想吓跑一只熊，即便是当他们和妻子或情人交谈时也是一样&或许可能更甚。
• He had concentrated on his racehorses, his shooting, and his mistresses.
  他的心思全用在赛马、射猎以及情妇们身上。
• 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。
• Not all mistresses are in it for the money.
  这些二奶中并非所有人都为了钱。
• I knew then that wives and mistresses, if they learn anything at all, learn pretty much the same things.
  于是我知道妻子和情人们要学的东西其实相当一致。
• Who covered for his mistresses?
  谁帮他掩饰情妇的？
• Go with your queen and all your mistresses.
  去见你的王后和情妇们吧。
• Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurse.
  妻子是一个男人年轻时的情人，中年时的伴侣；老年时的保姆。
• Mistresses are not glamorous creatures who never sweep a floor or mend;
  情妇们并不是从不做扫地修补活的“花瓶”；