concubine

英 ['k??kj?ba?n] 美['kɑ?kjuba?n]

暢通詞匯TEM4

復數(shù):?concubines;

concubine 妾

con-, 強調(diào)。-cub, 躺，睡，詞源同incubus, succubus.

concubine: concubine: [13] A concubine is etymologically a person with whom one goes to bed. It comes via Old French concubine from Latin concubīna, a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and cub-, the stem of the verb cubāre ‘lie down, go to bed’. Another derivative of this verb was Latin cubiculum, whose meaning ‘bedroom’ was carried through into English cubicle [15]; the more general ‘partitioned-off area’ did not emerge fully until the 20th century.
=> cubicle
concubine (n.): c. 1300, from Latin concubina (fem.), from concumbere "to lie with, to lie together, to cohabit," from com- "with" (see com-) + cubare "to lie down" (see cubicle). Recognized by law among polygamous peoples as "a secondary wife."

1. His concubine , Mistress Chen, was visiting with her old mother.: 陳姨太也回到了她的年老的母親那里.

2. " They say your grandfather's old friend Feng is looking for a concubine.: “ 說是馮老太爺要討姨太太,馮老太太也到我們公館里頭來過,她說,我們公館里的丫頭都長得不錯,向老太爺要一個.