streetwalker

IPA/ˈstriːtwɔːkə(r)/
IPA/ˈstriːtwɔːkər/

streetwalker — 名詞

  • streetwalkersingular
  • streetwalkersplural

1. Someone who offers sex for money and finds customers by walking on the streets o

1.名詞B2
釋義

流鶯；街妓

在街頭拉客的性工作者

Someone who offers sex for money and finds customers by walking on the streets of a city.

例句

The city council voted to increase support services for streetwalkers instead of arresting them.

市議會投票決定增加對街頭性工作者的支援服務，而不是逮捕他們。

A documentary about streetwalkers in Mumbai showed the daily dangers they face on the job.

一部關於孟買街頭性工作者的紀錄片，呈現了她們每天在工作中面臨的危險。

常見搭配
  • former streetwalker
  • young streetwalker
  • work as a streetwalker
  • arrest streetwalkers
  • target streetwalkers
同義詞
  • prostitute

    a more general term for someone who provides sex for money, regardless of location

  • sex worker

    the modern, neutral term that covers all forms of sex work, often preferred for its dignity

用法筆記

This word is considered dated by many speakers. The terms 'sex worker' or 'prostitute' are more common in modern English. 'Streetwalker' specifically refers to sex workers who find clients on the street, not in a brothel or through an agency.

常見錯誤

She was a streetwalker who worked at a massage parlor.
She was a streetwalker who looked for clients on the street.
'streetwalker' specifically means someone who finds customers on the street, not in a fixed location.