strumpet
英 ['str?mp?t]
美[?str?mp?t]
- n. 妓女；娼妓
英文詞源
- strumpet (n.)
- "harlot; bold, lascivious woman," early 14c., of uncertain origin. One theory connects it with Latin stuprata, fem. past participle of stuprare "have illicit sexual relations with," or Late Latin strupum "dishonor, violation." But evidence for this is wanting and others suggest Middle Dutch strompe "a stocking," or strompen "to stride, to stalk" (as a prostitute might a customer). The major sources don't seem to give much preference to any of these. Weekley notes "Gregory's Chronicle (c. 1450) has streppett in same sense." In 18c.-early 19c., often abbreviated as strum and also used as a verb, which led to some odd dictionary entries:
TO STRUM: to have carnal knowledge of a woman, also to play badly on the harpsichord or any other stringed instrument. [Capt. Francis Grose, "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785]
雙語例句
- 1. When the neighbors were at odds with her, they called her strumpet and carrion.
- 鄰居們跟她爭吵的時候, 罵她臭婊子和賤貨.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Othello . Are you not a strumpet?
- 奧瑟羅 你不是一個娼婦 嗎 ?
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