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mis·tress AHD[mĭsʹtrĭs] D.J.[ˈmɪstrɪs]K.K.[ˈmɪstrɪs]n.（名词）- A woman in a position of authority, control, or ownership, as the head of a household:主妇：做家庭主妇，处于权威者、控制者或所有者地位的妇女："Thirteen years had seen her mistress of Kellynch Hall"(Jane Austen)“十三年来看她一直作着凯林克府第的女主人”(简·奥斯汀)
- A woman owner of an animal or a slave.女主人：一个动物或一个奴隶的女性拥有者
- A woman with ultimate control over something:女主人：对某事有最终控制的女人：the mistress of her own mind.她自己心灵的主人
- A nation or country that has supremacy over others:霸主：对其它国有控制权的一个民族或国家：Great Britain, once the mistress of the seas.英国，曾一度是海上霸主
- Something personified as female that directs or reigns:女统治者：被拟人化成能指挥或统治的女性的某事物："my mistress . . . the open road"(Robert Louis Stevenson)“开阔的大路…我的主人”(罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森)
- A woman who has mastered a skill or a branch of learning:女能手：掌握一技之长或一门学问的女性：a mistress of the culinary art.烹调高手
- A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a usually married man who is not her husband and from whom she generally receives material support.情妇：与通常是已婚但又不是自己丈夫的男子保持长久的性关系，并从他那里得到物质支持的女人
- Mistress Used formerly as a courtesy title when speaking to or of a woman. Mistress 女士，夫人：与女性交谈或谈及一位女性时，用作礼貌称谓
- Chiefly British A woman schoolteacher.【多用于英国】 女教师
- Middle English maistresse 中古英语 maistresse
- from Old French [feminine of] maistre [master] 源自 古法语 maistre的阴性词 [男主人]
- from Latin magister * see master 源自 拉丁语 magister * 参见 master
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