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odalisque

/ohd-l-isk/US // ˈoʊd l ɪsk //UK // (ˈəʊdəlɪsk) //

妖怪,妖精,妖艳女郎,妖女

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
    • : any of a number of representations of such a woman or of a similar subject, as by Ingres or Matisse.

Examples

  • Otherwise the relation degrades her; she is little better than an odalisque; and such I decline to see you.

  • Alone with the girl, Sturm put on the airs of a Prussianized pasha condescending to a new odalisque.

  • The Odalisque's only reply was a laugh, in which rang all the cruelty of an insulted woman's deceived heart.

  • Lonely as I then was, an odalisque would have afforded a great deal of company.

  • And finally by an odalisque, who fills his goblet with the foaming infusion of malt and hops.