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单词 seductress
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Definition of seductress in English:

seductress

noun sɪˈdʌktrəssəˈdəktrəs
  • A woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity.

    勾引男人的女子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still other imagery features assertive women who are seductresses and murderers.
    • The authors of the 1834 report depicted unmarried mothers as scheming seductresses who entrapped young men into paying for their children.
    • When the lads heard the truth about their beautiful seductress, lawsuits followed and the show couldn't be aired until huge out-of-court settlements were paid.
    • Such mothers were simultaneously seductresses and parasites.
    • He paints a woman as the seductress and temptress.
    • They invite the gravel-voiced stranger to rendezvous with the imaginary seductress in the hotel room beside them, which happens to be occupied by an abrasive businessman.
    • Then she's branded a liar and a seductress at their trial.
    • Even with all her superstar diva qualities, she's too lightweight, too soft to portray a scheming seductress.
    • He'd heard too many stories of operators being killed in their sleep by seductresses.
    • Opponents relentlessly portrayed the quiet, devout Rachel as an adulteress at best, more often as a seductress and loose woman.
    • On the one hand she is admired for her courage, political intelligence, and stoicism; on the other hand she is seen as a femme fatale, a seductress, and a symbol of death.
    • His female seductress represents femininity as a threat to the coherence of the all-male society of military officers.
    • She is innocent in some ways, but also a seductress who recognizes the power of her sexuality.
    Synonyms
    temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, sorceress, Delilah, Circe, Lorelei, Mata Hari
    flirt, coquette, Lolita, loose woman
    informal tart
    North American informal vamp, hoochie
    archaic fizgig, wanton, strumpet

Origin

Early 19th century: from obsolete seductor 'male seducer', from seducere (see seduce).

Rhymes

conductress, instructress

Definition of seductress in US English:

seductress

nounsəˈdəktrəssəˈdəktrəs
  • A woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity.

    勾引男人的女子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the lads heard the truth about their beautiful seductress, lawsuits followed and the show couldn't be aired until huge out-of-court settlements were paid.
    • They invite the gravel-voiced stranger to rendezvous with the imaginary seductress in the hotel room beside them, which happens to be occupied by an abrasive businessman.
    • Such mothers were simultaneously seductresses and parasites.
    • Still other imagery features assertive women who are seductresses and murderers.
    • Opponents relentlessly portrayed the quiet, devout Rachel as an adulteress at best, more often as a seductress and loose woman.
    • The authors of the 1834 report depicted unmarried mothers as scheming seductresses who entrapped young men into paying for their children.
    • His female seductress represents femininity as a threat to the coherence of the all-male society of military officers.
    • She is innocent in some ways, but also a seductress who recognizes the power of her sexuality.
    • He paints a woman as the seductress and temptress.
    • He'd heard too many stories of operators being killed in their sleep by seductresses.
    • Even with all her superstar diva qualities, she's too lightweight, too soft to portray a scheming seductress.
    • Then she's branded a liar and a seductress at their trial.
    • On the one hand she is admired for her courage, political intelligence, and stoicism; on the other hand she is seen as a femme fatale, a seductress, and a symbol of death.
    Synonyms
    temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, sorceress, delilah, circe, lorelei, mata hari

Origin

Early 19th century: from obsolete seductor ‘male seducer’, from seducere (see seduce).

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