请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 lorette
释义

Definition of lorette in English:

lorette

noun ləˈrɛt
historical

  • A French courtesan.

    the lorette peeps out coyly from a theatre box
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lorette carried within her persona all the connotations of urban display and luxury consumption.
    • In this celebrated piece, the greatest success of modem times, the Lorettes were held up to public execration, and displayed in all their hideous cynicism.
    • Lorettes do not pay; they have only credit.
    • The assembly is not made up purely of idlers and lorettes.
    • He offered his arm to the lorette, who had a rougish smile on her lips.
    Synonyms
    mistress, paramour, kept woman

Origin

Mid 19th century: French, named after the Church of Notre Dame de Lorette in Paris, near which many such women lived.
随便看

　

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/1/30 13:59:58