concubine
英 [ˈkɒŋkjubaɪn]
美 [ˈkɑːŋkjubaɪn]
n. (尤指旧时某些社会里的)妾，姨太太，小老婆
复数：concubines
BNC.24019 / COCA.23102
牛津词典
noun
- （尤指旧时某些社会里的）妾，姨太太，小老婆
(especially in some societies in the past) a woman who lives with a man, often in addition to his wife or wives, but who is less important than they are
柯林斯词典
- (旧时的)姘妇，情妇，妾
In former times, aconcubinewas a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- "Farewell My Concubine", Chen's master work, is of high artistic merit, illustrates the transformation of China's society and Chinese people's fate during half a century.
他的代表作霸王别姬非常有艺术价值，诠释了中国半个世纪的变换和人物命运。 - His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
他的妾住在示剑，也给他生了一个儿子。基甸与他起名叫亚比米勒。 - Since you are to be a concubine anyway.
反正你都要作妾了。 - She also recalled him saying his mother was a concubine and lamenting that his brothers were from different mothers.
她还回忆到，拉登说过他的母亲是一个小妾，并为他的兄弟出自不同的母亲而叹息。 - At the age of14, she was taken into the imperial palace by Emperor Taizong as a concubine.
武则天从小聪明果断，通文史，长得又漂亮，14岁那年被唐太宗召进皇宫，成为才人。 - While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.
以色列住在那地的时候，吕便去与他父亲的妾辟拉同寝，以色列也听见了。 - Wang Zhaojun was an imperial Han concubine more than 2, 000 years ago.
王昭君是2000多年前汉王朝的一个妃子。 - Rich and prosperous a concubine third wife, six sons.
他有很多妻妾，三个老婆、6个儿子。 - In the film, she plays Lady Zhao, a concubine of the emperor, who falls in love with an assassin plotting to overthrow him.
在影片中，巩俐扮演君王的一个妃子赵氏，她爱上了一个图谋颠覆君主的刺客。 - Q.What did you know about Chinese Opera before "Farewell my concubine"?
问：你在拍《霸王别姬》之前对京剧有了解吗？