“adventuress”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

adventuress

释义

adventuress|ædˈvɛntjʊərɪs|
[f. adventurer, after analogy of sorcer-er, sorcer-ess; govern-or, govern-ess, etc. See -ess.]
A female adventurer; a woman on the look-out for a position.
1754H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 257 (1834) III. 74 There is an adventuress in the world who even in the dullest times will take care not to let conversation stagnate.1758Chesterfield Lett. 331 (1792) IV. 122 She must be a kind of aventurière, to engage so easily in such an adventure.1827Scott Surg. Dau. Wks. 1868 XLVIII. 365 That the gentle and simple Menie Grey should be in the train of such a character as this adventuress.1847Thackeray Van. Fair xlviii. 425 The odious little adventuress making her curtsey.1863M. A. Power Arab. Days 232 A good sprinkling of foreigners, adventurers, and adventuresses.

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