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prostitute

美音:[´prɔstə´tu:t ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´prɔstə´tu:t ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.妓女

难易程度:

prostitute为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:prostitutor 动词过去式:prostituted 过去分词:prostituted 现在分词:prostituting 第三人称单数:prostitutes

词根

sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)

近义词, 同义词

prostitute


/'prɒstɪtju:t; [US] -tu:t; `prɑstə,tut/
n person who offers herself/himself for sexual intercourse for money 卖淫者; 娼妓; 妓女; 男妓.

v [Tn] (derog 贬)
1 ~ oneself act as a prostitute 卖淫; 为娼; 当男妓
*She prostituted herself in order to support her children. 她为养活子女而操皮肉生涯.
2 use (oneself or one's abilities, etc) wrongly or unworthily, esp in order to earn money 作践(自己), 滥用(自己的才能等)(尤指为图利)
*poets prostituting their talent by writing jingles for advertisements 为广告写顺口溜而折辱才华的诗人.
1. Whore:literally, a prostitute- - - a sexually promiscuous woman.
    whore:照字面意义,一个妓女--一个性方面随便的女人

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