scarlet woman
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌskɑː.lət ˈwʊm.ən]
- 美式音标 [ˌskɑːr.lət ˈwʊm.ən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 妓女；淫妇
英汉例句
- Soliciting a scarlet woman in China can be a serious crime.
在中国大陆拉皮条，可能是重罪。 - Nay, we might have judged that such a child's mother must needs be a scarlet woman, and a worthy type of her of Babylon!
不，我们满可以判断，这样一个孩子的母亲，应该是一个鲜红色的女人，而且要当之无愧是个巴比伦式的女人④。 - Behold, verily, there is the woman of the scarlet letter; and, of a truth, moreover, there is the likeness of the scarlet letter running along by her side!
瞧，还真有个戴红字的女人；还且，一点不假，还有个象红字似的小东西在她身边跑着呢！
双语例句
英英字典
- a woman who is considered to be immoral because she has sex with a lot of men
- a sinful woman described in Revelation 17, interpreted as a figure either of pagan Rome or of the Roman Catholic Church regarded as typifying vice overlaid with gaudy pageantry 17
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柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 世俗，邪恶[《启示录》17：1～6]
- 滥交的女人