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单词 scarlet-woman
释义

scar·let wom·an

noun
/ˌskɑːlət ˈwʊmən/
/ˌskɑːrlət ˈwʊmən/
(old-fashioned, disapproving)
  1. a woman who has sexual relationships with many different people荡妇
    Word OriginEarly 19th cent.: in early use mainly as a derogatory reference to the Roman Catholic Church, identified (by some Protestant interpreters) with the symbolical biblical figure of ‘the great whore’, described as a woman in scarlet and purple robes (Revelation 17).
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