wench

FREQ #13129

n. 少妇, 乡下姑娘, 女仆 vi. 私通, 嫖妓

发音

AU /wɛnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

wenches 复数 wenches wenched wenchedst wenches 三单 wencheth wenching wenching 现在分词 wenched 过去式 wenched 过去分词 wenchest wenchedst 过去式 wencheth 三单 wenched 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.

    古体 方言 幽默 冒犯

    Jane played the role of a wench in an Elizabethan comedy.

  2. 2.

    A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.

    A girl or young woman of a lower class.

    古体 方言 幽默 冒犯
  3. 3.

    Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart.

    古体 方言
  4. 4.

    A woman servant; a maidservant.

    古体
  5. 5.

    A promiscuous woman; a mistress (“other woman in an extramarital relationship”).

    古体
  6. 6.

    A prostitute.

    古体
  7. 7.

    A black woman (of any age), especially if in a condition of servitude.

    美国 古体 历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To frequent prostitutes; to whore; also, to womanize.

    嫖妓

    古体 幽默 不及物
  2. 2.

    To act as a wench.

    古体 不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

bird doll chick skirt dame

上位词 4

girl miss missy young lady
动词

上位词 1

fornicate

相关短语

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词源

The noun is derived from Middle English wench, wenche (“female baby; girl (especially unmarried); maiden, young woman; bondwoman; serving maid; beloved, sweetheart; concubine, mistress; harlot, prostitute”) [and other forms], a shortened form of Middle English wenchel (“girl; maiden; child”), from Old English wenċel, winċel (“child; servant; slave”), from Proto-Germanic *wankilą, from Proto-Germanic *wankijaną (“to sway; waver”). The English word is cognate with Old High German wenken (“to waver; to give way, yield”), wankōn (“to totter”). The verb is derived from the noun.

来源：wiktionary