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A mistress is a woman in a position of power or control - in old British English, a female teacher was called 'the mistress,' like 'headmistress' for the female head of a school, and a woman who owned a house with servants was 'the mistress' of the house. Today, the most common meaning is different and more private: a woman having a romantic and sexual relationship with a man who is already married to someone else. Because of this, the word can sound old-fashioned or uncomfortable depending on how it's used.
情婦；(較舊)女主人、女教師
組成master + -ess (an ending that makes a word female) - it is the female form of 'master'
同家族的字
- masterthe male form this word comes from - someone in control, or a male teacher
- headmistresshead + mistress - the female head of a school
原始詞典資料17 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。
Mistressnoun
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archaicUsed as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.
- The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way.
- Mistress Cordelia Carfax shivered and gathered her silk shawl about her shoulders. […] Any shows of affection Mistress Carfax did display were usually reserved for her pedigree pug.
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BDSMlifestylesexualityUsed as the title of a female dominant.
mistressnoun/ˈmɪs.tɹɪs/
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A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
- She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
- At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
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A female head of household.
- In came the boy from over the way, who was suspected of not having board enough from his master; trying to hide himself behind the girl from next door but one, who was proved to have had her ears pulled by her Mistress.
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A female teacher.
- games mistress
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The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
- “But soon his wrath being o’er, he took / “Another mistress, or new book:
- Count Krivtsov was considered a hopeless case by everyone, and yet he kept two mistresses.
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A dominatrix.
- As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
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A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
- A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
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A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
- he could not forbear putting his horse out of the way , and rode with his mistress behind him round about it
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A married woman; a wife.
- Several of the neighbouring mistresses […] had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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archaicA respectful mode of address to a woman.
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obsoleteThe jack in the game of bowls.
- Faith, keep a bachelor still, and go to bowls, sir, Follow your mistress there, and prick and save, sir; For other mistresses will make you a slave, sir
- She took a bowl, drew up her skirt with her left hand, and rolled the weighted ball with a deft motion. It lightly kissed the mistress and stopped a few inches away.
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A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).
mistressverb/ˈmɪs.tɹɪs/
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rareOf a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
- These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny.
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To act or take the role of a mistress.
- […] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]
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。