concubine

英 [ˈkɒŋkjubaɪn]

美 [ˈkɑːŋkjubaɪn]

n. (尤指旧时某些社会里的)妾，姨太太，小老婆

复数：concubines　

BNC.24019 / COCA.23102

牛津词典

noun

（尤指旧时某些社会里的）妾，姨太太，小老婆
(especially in some societies in the past) a woman who lives with a man, often in addition to his wife or wives, but who is less important than they are

(旧时的)姘妇，情妇，妾
In former times, aconcubinewas a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.

noun

Your brother-in-law has found a concubine.
你的堂姐夫找了个妾。
In the film, she plays Lady Zhao, a concubine of the emperor, who falls in love with an assassin plotting to overthrow him.
在影片中，巩俐扮演君王的一个妃子赵氏，她爱上了一个图谋颠覆君主的刺客。
The legal status of a concubine has varied in different societies.
在不同的社会，妾的法律地位有所不同。
Marry a rich man and you'll only be his concubine.
嫁有钱人可是当小老婆。
Since you are to be a concubine anyway.
反正你都要作妾了。
And you've become another man's concubine.
你就做了别人的小老婆。
Wang Zhaojun was an imperial Han concubine more than 2, 000 years ago.
王昭君是2000多年前汉王朝的一个妃子。
I bet that "Farewell My Concubine" will win the Oscar for Best Foreign Picture.
我打赌《霸王别姬》会获奥斯卡最佳外国语影片奖。
She'll soon be the concubine of an old man.
很快她就要成为一个老男人的小妾了。
Adopt modern poultry breeding method to make a surface type slow feathering cock test crossing of the imperial concubine.
采用现代家禽育种方法对贵妃鸡第二世代表型慢羽公鸡进行了测交试验。