whore
/hawr, hohr or, often, hoor/US // hɔr, hoʊr or, often, hʊər //UK // (hɔː) //
妓女,娼妓,婊子,娼妇
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a person who engages in promiscuous sex for money; prostitute.
- : Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is sexually promiscuous.
- : a person who sacrifices personal principles or uses someone or something in a base or unworthy manner, usually for money: a greedy publicity whore.
v.无主动词 verb
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whored, whor·ing.
- : to act as a whore.
- : to consort with whores.
- : to seek after something that is base or unworthy: those who practice idolatry and whore after other gods.
v.有主动词 verb
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whored, whor·ing.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
When protesting with Women in Black or Peace Now, I might hear the words “Whore!”
Although the word is increasingly adopted by defiant sign-waving activists, "Whore" has the power to hurt us at a deep level.
Thence back, putting in at Dr. Whore's, where I saw his lady, a very fine woman.
The production of The Whore of Babylon marks the low-water mark of his unfortunate career.
Peace, you flead Whore, thou hast a mouth like a Bloodhound, here comes a night-shade.
Now consider what has been said, and Heaven give you Grace to put it in practise; that is to play the Whore.
The first that stood upon her Pantables, as being chief, was the Whore, and thus it was she manag'd her Cause.
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