SEX/HAVE SEX WITHa house where men pay to have sex with prostitutes 妓院
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brothel• The report states that immigration authorities have found evidence of 250 brothels in 26 cities where victims of trafficking are working.• In fact the tenants allowed the hotel rented under the lease to be used as a brothel.• There were also penalties for brothelkeepers.• Which is good because this is not just any old brothel.• After Troilus and Cressida almost any play is a relief, even the brothelscenes of Pericles.• It seemed that the father had gone straight from the brothel to the River and drowned himself.
Originbrothel
(1500-1600)brothel“worthless person, prostitute”((14-17 centuries)), from Old Englishbrothen“ruined”; influenced by bordello
VERB + BROTHEL | BROTHEL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONVERB + BROTHEL➤go to, visit去妓院;逛妓院◇He used to visit a brothel on the outskirts of town.他以前常去城郊的一家妓院。➤run經營妓院◇His aunt ran a brothel.他的姑媽經營一家妓院。◇She ran a brothel in Soho.她在索霍區開了一家妓院。BROTHEL + NOUN➤keeper, owner開妓院的人;妓院老闆PREPOSITION➤in a/the brothel在妓院裏◇She works in a brothel.她在一家妓院工作。