prostitute
US
UK prostitute n: (sex worker)
SC 妓女，娼妓，卖淫者 jì nǚ ，chāng jì，mài yín zhě
TC 賣淫者
TC 賣淫者
SC 男妓 nán jì
Edward finds it difficult to form relationships with women, so he pays a prostitute for sex.
Oliver worked as a prostitute to pay his way through college.
prostitute [sb] vtr: (make [sb] perform sex work)
SC 让...卖淫
Len needed money and couldn't find a job, so he prostituted his wife.
prostitute yourself vtr + refl: (perform sex work)
SC 卖淫 mài yín
Pam was so desperate for money, she prostituted herself.
prostitute yourself vtr + refl: figurative (debase yourself for money) (自己)
SC 作践, 折辱
The writer realized he would never make money writing literary novels, so prostituted himself by writing cheap thrillers.
male prostitute n: (man who has sex for money)
SC 男妓 nán jì
She was a Palm beach socialite; she had money, and she was not above seeking comfort from a male prostitute on occasion.