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
- : 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.
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