mistress

英 [ˈmɪstrəs]

美 [ˈmɪstrəs]

n. 情妇; (尤指私立学校的)女教师; (尤指旧时雇用仆人的)女主人，主妇

复数：mistresses　

Collins.2 / BNC.4800 / COCA.7187

牛津词典

noun

情妇
a man's (usually a married man's) mistress is a woman that he is having a regular sexual relationship with and who is not his wife
（尤指私立学校的）女教师
a female teacher in a school, especially a private school
1. the Biology mistress
  生物学女教师
（尤指旧时雇用仆人的）女主人，主妇
(in the past) the female head of a house, especially one who employed servants
1. the mistress of the house
  这房子的女主人
（狗或其他动物的）女主人
the female owner of a dog or other animal
有权势的女子；女能人；女强人；女主宰
a woman who is in a position of authority or control, or who is highly skilled in sth
1. She wants to be mistress of her own affairs (= to organize her own life) .
  她希望自己的事自己作主。

N-COUNT 情妇
A married man'smistressis a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship.
1. She was his mistress for three years...
  她曾做过他3年的情妇。
2. He has a wife and a mistress.
  他有妻子，还有一个情妇。
N-COUNT 女教师
Amistressis a female teacher.
1. My history mistress was extremely helpful.
  教我历史的那位女老师特别乐于助人。
N-COUNT 女主人
A servant'smistressis the woman that he or she works for.
1. It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress!
  她居然不听女主人的使唤，实在是太不像话了！
N-COUNT (狗的)女主人
A dog'smistressis the woman or girl who owns it.
1. The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress.
  这条大狼犬围着女主人蹦蹦跳跳地绕圈子。
N-UNCOUNT 绝对控制…的女人；主宰…的女人
If a woman ismistressof a situation, she has complete control over it.
1. She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
  她总是能够掌握自己的命运。
N-COUNT (精通某项活动的)女能手，女行家
If you say that a woman is amistress ofa particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it.
1. She is a mistress of disguise.
  她是伪装的高手。
2. ...another winner from the mistress of historical romance.
  来自这位历史爱情小说知名女作家又一部必定大受欢迎的作品

noun

a woman master who directs the work of others
an adulterous woman
Synonym:kept womanfancy woman
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
Synonym:schoolmarmschoolma'amschoolmistress

Does his wife know he has a mistress?
他的妻子知道他有一个情妇吗？
Anthony sometimes felt that his mistress was his superior in willpower
有时安东尼感觉他的情妇比他更有意志力。
She is a mistress of disguise.
她是伪装的高手。
You're my mistress, not my wife.
你毕竟不是我的妻子而只是我的情妇。
His concubine, mistress chen, was visiting with her old mother.
陈姨太也回到了她的年老的母亲那里。
'Who was your mistress?' I asked.
你的女主人是谁？我问。
I hope I have n't hurried you, george, said his mistress.
“我希望我没有赶落你，乔治，”他的女主人说。
In your case that would be a wife and a long-term mistress.
在你的情况中，那就是拥有一个妻子和一个长期的情人。
He has a wife and a mistress.
他有妻子，还有一个情妇。
It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress!
她居然不听女主人的使唤，实在是太不像话了！