quean

n. 轻佻女人

发音

US /kwiːn/

词形变化

queans 复数 queans

别名

quine quene queane

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute.

    古体
  2. 2.

    A young woman, a girl; a daughter.

    苏格兰

词源

From Middle English quene (“young, robust woman”), from Old English cwene (“woman, female serf”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Doublet of gyne and queen. Cognate with Dutch kween (“a barren woman, a barren cow”), Low German quene (“barren cow, heifer”), German Kone (“wife”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Icelandic kona (“woman”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉 (qinō, “woman”), 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”).

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