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geisha

英 ['geɪʃə] 美 ['ɡeʃə]

解释

n. （日）艺妓；歌妓

※ 提供单词"geisha"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

geisha 艺伎

来自日语，最终来自汉字。

英文词源

geisha (n.): 1887, "Japanese girl whose profession is to sing and dance to entertain men;" hence, loosely, "prostitute," from Japanese, literally "person accomplished in the social arts," from gei "art, performance" + sha "person." Compare almah, and Athenian auletrides "flute-girls," female musicians who entertained guests at a symposium with music at the start of the party and sex at the end of it.

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例句和用法

1. Her latest role will be as Sayuri in the upcoming movie Memoirs of a Geisha.: 她最新的角色是即将上映的《艺妓回忆录》中的小百合.

2. She stammers that she could be a geisha again, or better, she could die.: 她支支吾吾地说她可以再去当艺妓, 或者不如去死的好.

3. Geisha talks on the phone in the backseat of a car.: 一位艺妓正在轿车后座讲电话.

4. In her first major English - speaking role, Zhang a Geisha'( 2005 ) .: 章子怡在《艺伎回忆录》中,首次用英语演出角色.

5. Nowadays, a geisha's sex life is her private affair.: 如今, 一个艺妓的性生活已成她的隐私.