half-world

短语

n. 半球；娼妓；(富人的)情妇

词形变化

half-worlds 复数 half-worlds

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hemisphere.

  2. 2.

    A group of people on the fringes of society, a subculture; the demimonde.

词源

From half + world, in later use after French demi-monde.

来源：wiktionary