mistress

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mis·tress /ˈmɪstrɪs/ noun [countableC]

1 GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIENDa woman that a man has a sexual relationship with, even though he is married to someone else 情妇

The prince had shocked society by living openly with his mistress.

王子和他的情妇公开同居，让社会大为震惊。

2 British EnglishBrE old-fashionedSES a female teacher 女教师 → master

the new English mistress

新来的英语女教师

3. OWNthe female owner of a dog, horse etc 〔狗、马等的〕女主人 → master

4 old-fashionedWORK FOR somebody the female employer of a servant 〔仆人的〕女主人 → master

The maid looked nervously at her mistress.

女仆紧张地看着女主人。

5 be (a/the) mistress of something CONTROLif a woman is a mistress of something, she is in control of it, highly skilled at it etc 〔妇女〕控制着某事物，是某事的能手 → master

She appeared to be very much the mistress of the situation.

她似乎很好地控制着局面。

Examples from the Corpus

be (a/the) mistress of something• And of course, each girl was the mistress of more than one man.• But if Jacquet de la Guerre was a mistress of the grand gesture, Campra's forte was delicate understatement.• If she married Pogo, she could do exactly as she pleased and she would be mistress of her own home.

n6. → Mistress

Examples from the Corpus

mistress• She thought that her husband had a mistress but could not prove it.• The former prime minister's wife and mistress both attended the funeral.• She reappeared, according to this, in Geneva, where she has made contact with Dimitri Volkov and became his mistress.• He finally married his mistress Kathleen in jail.• At midnight Mahendra would ride to his mistress, stay with her until four and then return home.• I was taken over one by my History mistress.• Harris claims she was the millionaire's mistress.• Official concubines became unofficial mistresses, and mistresses became secrets kept from wives.

Mistress

old useNAME OF A PERSON used with a woman’s family name as a polite way of speaking to her 夫人小姐〔对女子的礼貌称呼，置于女子的姓之前〕 → master

Origin mistress

(1200-1300) Old French maistresse, from maistre; → MASTER1

mis·tress nounMistress

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