mistress
/ˈmɪstrɪs/noun
1
- a woman in a position of authority or control权威女子, 能控制局面的女子：
she is always mistress of the situation, coolly self-possessed.
她总能控制局面, 表现沉着镇静。
1.1
- with modifier chiefly Brit. a female schoolteacher who teaches a particular subject〈主英〉（教某一门课的）女教师：
a Geography mistress.
女地理教师。
1.2
- a woman who is skilled in a particular subject or activity女名家, 女能手：
a mistress of the sound bite, she is famed for the acidity of her tongue.
她是录音采访节录名家, 以尖酸刻薄出名。
1.3
- the female owner of a dog, cat, or other domesticated animal（狗、猫等的）女主人。
1.4
- archaic a female head of a household〈古〉主妇：
he asked for the mistress of the house.
他要找这家主妇。
1.5
- (especially formerly) a female employer of domestic staff（尤指旧时的）女雇主。
2
- a woman (other than a wife) having a sexual relationship with a married man情妇。
2.1
- archaic or poetic/literary a woman loved and courted by a man〈古或诗/文〉女情人。
3
Mistress
archaic or dialect used as a title prefixed to the name of a married woman; Mrs〈古或方〉［置于姓名前, 用作对已婚女子的称呼］夫人。
词源
Middle English: from Old French maistresse, from maistre 'master'.