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A brothel is a house where men pay to have sex with prostitutes. It is a direct, dictionary word — the kind you meet in news, history, and older stories. It names the place, not the people.
A brothel Brothel is a house where men pay to have sex with prostitutes是男人付錢跟妓女發生性行為的地方。 It is a direct, dictionary word這是個直接、字典上的字—— the kind you meet in news, history, and older stories常出現在新聞、歷史，或比較舊的故事裡。 It names the place指的是這個地方， not the people不是裡面的人。
In careful modern talk, some people prefer other phrases, but brothel is still the standard English word for that kind of house. It is not a joke word, and it is not a word for a normal home.
In careful modern talk在講究一點的現代說法裡， some people prefer other phrases有些人會用別的說法， but brothel is still the standard English word for that kind of house但brothel仍然是講這種地方的標準英文字。 It is not a joke word這不是開玩笑用的字， and it is not a word for a normal home也不是用來講一般住家的字。
The history is a bit messy: it comes from an old word for a person seen as low or ruined, then brothel-house, and the house part dropped away; another old word, bordel, pushed it in the same direction. It has nothing to do with , even though the beginning looks the same.
The history is a bit messy這個字的來歷有點亂： it comes from an old word for a person seen as low or ruined源自一個古字，指被看做低賤或墮落的人， then brothel-house後來變成brothel-house， and the house part dropped awayhouse的部分後來就掉了； another old word, bordel, pushed it in the same direction另一個古字bordel也把它推向同一個方向。 It has nothing to do with brother跟brother（兄弟）沒有關係， even though the beginning looks the same雖然開頭看起來一樣。
組成Short for brothel-house. Brothel once meant a ruined or low person, from an old Germanic verb “to fall apart”; later it named the house. Influenced by bordel.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
brothelnoun詞源 1/ˈbɹɔθəl/
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A house of prostitution.
- Thus, during the last four years, I have visited brothels about every ten days or two weeks. Only seldom does coitus fail; for I have learned my peculiarities, and in the choice of a prostitute know immediately whether she will excite me or have no effect.
- Only women already existing in the social margins became actresses.²⁶ For example, celebrated tragedienne Elizabeth Barry was an orphan, Nell Gwynn a barmaid raised in a brothel, Moll Davis the illegitimate daughter of a Colonel. Other actresses were the wives and daughters of male actors, as for example Mary Saunderson (Mrs Betterton) and (in a later period) Mrses Kean, Kemble and Siddons.
brothelnoun詞源 2/ˈbɹɔθəl/
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obsoleteA wretch; a depraved or lewd person.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。