brothel
brothel — 名詞
- brothelsingular
- brothelsplural
1. a house or business where sex workers meet paying customers for sexual services
妓院
提供付費性交易的場所
a house or business where sex workers meet paying customers for sexual services
Police shut the brothel after neighbors reported late-night fights outside.
警方在鄰居通報外頭深夜打架後，查封了那家妓院。
collocation: shut a brothel
Christopher rented a room above a former brothel near the old port.
Christopher 在舊港附近租了一間位於舊妓院樓上的房間。
pattern: former brothel
Élise found a brothel license while sorting papers in the town archive.
Élise 在整理鎮檔案館的文件時，找到了一張妓院執照。
During the raid, officers rescued two teenagers from the illegal brothel.
突襲時，警員從那間非法妓院救出兩名青少年。
The mayor promised to close any brothel operating near schools or bus stations.
市長承諾要關閉任何在學校或公車站附近營業的妓院。
- bordello
older or more literary in tone
- whorehouse
rougher and often insulting because it uses a derogatory word for the workers
- house of prostitution
formal phrase used especially in legal or official writing
用法筆記
Usually refers to the building or business, not to the people working there. In modern use, the word often appears in news, legal, or historical contexts such as raids, closures, or licensing.