concubines

英 [ˈkɒŋkjʊbaɪnz]

美 [ˈkɑnkjəˌbaɪnz]

n.  (尤指旧时某些社会里的)妾，姨太太，小老婆
concubine的复数

柯林斯词典

• (旧时的)姘妇，情妇，妾
  In former times, aconcubinewas a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.

双语例句

• In the view of men with a sense of decency and honour, of all the means people employ to gain wealth and riches, few would not cause their wives and concubines to weep together in shame.
  在君子看来，在所有追求荣华富贵的人中，能让他们的妻子和妾不觉得羞耻的，已经很少了。
• Here lived the concubines and eunuchs.
  妃嫔和太监们都住在这里。
• Concubines resulted from the marriage system of monogamy with several concubines, and the system of concubines developed to the top in the Qing Dynasty.
  妾是古代一夫一妻多妾婚姻制度的产物，妾制到清代发展到顶峰。
• Now 74, she is the only one of his three concubines still alive.
  现年74岁的她是酋长三个老婆中唯一还健在的一个。
• The second section discusses the rank system between the empress and imperial concubines in the Han Dynasty.
  第二部分讨论了汉代皇后及妃妾名位制度。
• Who already had a wife, two concubines and other children.
  他已有一妻二妾，子女成群。
• Real bones have also been dug up at the site: aristocrats and concubines, royal horses and exotic beasts were buried there.
  在中国的发掘现场，考古人员还出土了一些真人遗骨。可见，有一些贵族、小妾、皇室马匹和异国禽兽也埋在此处。
• And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
  于是王带着全家的人出去了，但留下十个妃嫔看守宫殿。
• Men want virgins as concubines.
  人家买姨太太的要整货。
• Generally speaking, the queen would never live in the western palace where the imperial concubines live.
  一般来说，皇后娘娘是不会住在西宫的。