记忆方法
将“concubine”分解为“con-club-in-e”，想象一个在“club”（俱乐部）里“in”（里面）的“con”（结合），但这个俱乐部是古时候的，里面的人是“in”于与某位男性贵族保持非正式婚姻关系的女性，即妾室或小老婆。通过这样的联想帮助记忆，形象且直观。
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中文词源
concubine 妾
con-, 强调。-cub, 躺，睡，词源同incubus, succubus.
英语词源
- concubine
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concubine: [13] A concubine is etymologically a person with whom one goes to bed. It comes via Old French concubine from Latin concubīna, a compound noun formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and cub-, the stem of the verb cubāre ‘lie down, go to bed’. Another derivative of this verb was Latin cubiculum, whose meaning ‘bedroom’ was carried through into English cubicle [15]; the more general ‘partitioned-off area’ did not emerge fully until the 20th century.
=> cubicle - concubine (n.)
- c. 1300, from Latin concubina (fem.), from concumbere "to lie with, to lie together, to cohabit," from com- "with" (see com-) + cubare "to lie down" (see cubicle). Recognized by law among polygamous peoples as "a secondary wife."
权威例句
- 1. His concubine , Mistress Chen, was visiting with her old mother.
- 陈姨太也回到了她的年老的母亲那里.
- 2. " They say your grandfather's old friend Feng is looking for a concubine.
- “ 说是冯老太爷要讨姨太太,冯老太太也到我们公馆里头来过,她说,我们公馆里的丫头都长得不错,向老太爷要一个.
- 3. He's nearly sixty. He still wants a concubine? "
- 他六十岁了, 还讨小老婆? ”
- 4. I'd say she is a concubine's daughter.
- 我猜是小老婆的女儿罢.
- 5. To become a concubine - what a disgrace.
- 做姨太太,这是何等可耻的事.