whorehouse
whorehouse — 名詞
- whorehousesingular
- whorehousesplural
1. a place, typically a house or building, where sex workers receive clients who pa
妓院
提供性交易的場所，粗俗用語
a place, typically a house or building, where sex workers receive clients who pay them for sexual activity
The police raided the whorehouse on Elm Street late last night.
警方昨晚臨檢了榆樹街的那家妓院。
collocation: raid a whorehouse
Local residents complained about the whorehouse operating near the school.
當地居民抗議那家開在學校附近的妓院。
Caleb's great-grandmother kept a whorehouse in the port district during the 1920s.
Caleb 的曾祖母在 1920 年代曾在港口區經營一家妓院。
register: informal, can be offensive
The old whorehouse on Market Street was torn down to make way for a hotel.
市場街那家老妓院已被拆除，以騰出空間蓋旅館。
Soraya refused to use the word 'whorehouse' because she found it degrading.
Soraya 拒絕使用 whorehouse 這個詞，因為她覺得它帶有貶低意味。
usage note: many avoid this word as offensive
- raid a ~
- run a ~
- ~ owner
- close down a ~
- brothel
the standard, neutral term; preferred in all formal contexts
- bordello
more old-fashioned or literary term
- house of prostitution
more formal and explicit; used in legal or official contexts
文法句型
a + noun
the + noun
用法筆記
This word is informal and can be offensive. The neutral term is 'brothel', which is preferred in formal writing, news reports, and respectful conversation.
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- ~ owner
- ~ raid
- ~ district
常用片語
- run a ~
- keep a ~
- close down a ~
- operate a ~
介系詞搭配
- in a ~
- ~ on [street]