harlot 音标拼音: [h'ɑrlət]
n . 妓女
妓女
harlot n 1 :
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [
synonym :
{
prostitute }, {
cocotte }, {
whore }, {
harlot }, {
bawd }, {
tart },
{
cyprian }, {
fancy woman }, {
working girl }, {
sporting lady },
{
lady of pleasure }, {
woman of the street }]
Harlot \
Har "
lot \,
v .
i .
To play the harlot ;
to practice lewdness . --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
Harlot \
Har "
lot \ (-
l [
o ^]
t ),
n . [
OE .
harlot ,
herlot ,
a vagabond ,
OF .
harlot ,
herlot ,
arlot ;
cf .
Pr .
arlot ,
Sp .
arlote ,
It .
arlotto ;
of uncertain origin .]
1 .
A churl ;
a common man ;
a person ,
male or female ,
of low birth . --[
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
He was a gentle harlot and a kind . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
A person given to low conduct ;
a rogue ;
a cheat ;
a rascal .
[
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A woman who prostitutes her body for hire ;
a prostitute ;
a common woman ;
a strumpet .
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1913 Webster ]
Harlot \
Har "
lot \,
a .
Wanton ;
lewd ;
low ;
base . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "
harlot ":
B -
girl ,
Cyprian ,
Paphian ,
bawd ,
call girl ,
courtesan ,
daughter of joy ,
demimondaine ,
demimonde ,
demirep ,
drab ,
erring sister ,
fallen ,
fallen woman ,
fancy woman ,
fille de joie ,
hetaera ,
hooker ,
hustler ,
hustling ,
kept woman ,
meretricious ,
meretrix ,
on the ,
on the town ,
painted woman ,
paphian ,
pave ,
poule ,
prostitute ,
prostituted ,
scarlet ,
scarlet woman ,
stew ,
streetwalker ,
streetwalking ,
unfortunate woman ,
white slave ,
whore ,
whorish Harlot (
1 .)
Heb .
zonah (
Gen .
34 :
31 ;
38 :
15 ).
In verses 21 ,
22 the Hebrew word used in _kedeshah_ ,
i .
e .,
a woman consecrated or devoted to prostitution in connection with the abominable worship of Asherah or Astarte ,
the Syrian Venus .
This word is also used in Deut .
23 :
17 ;
Hos .
4 :
14 .
Thus Tamar sat by the wayside as a consecrated kedeshah .
It has been attempted to show that Rahab ,
usually called a "
harlot " (
Josh .
2 :
1 ;
6 :
17 ;
Heb .
11 :
31 ;
James 2 :
25 ),
was only an innkeeper .
This interpretation ,
however ,
cannot be maintained .
Jephthah '
s mother is called a "
strange woman " (
Judg .
11 :
2 ).
This ,
however ,
merely denotes that she was of foreign extraction .
In the time of Solomon harlots appeared openly in the streets ,
and he solemnly warns against association with them (
Prov .
7 :
12 ;
9 :
14 .
See also Jer .
3 :
2 ;
Ezek .
16 :
24 ,
25 ,
31 ).
The Revised Version ,
following the LXX .,
has "
and the harlots washed ,"
etc .,
instead of the rendering of the Authorized Version , "
now they washed ,"
of 1 Kings 22 :
38 .
To commit fornication is metaphorically used for to practice idolatry (
Jer .
3 :
1 ;
Ezek .
16 :
15 ;
Hos .
throughout );
hence Jerusalem is spoken of as a harlot (
Isa .
1 :
21 ).
(
2 .)
Heb .
nokriyah ,
the "
strange woman " (
1 Kings 11 :
1 ;
Prov .
5 :
20 ;
7 :
5 ;
23 :
27 ).
Those so designated were Canaanites and other Gentiles (
Josh .
23 :
13 ).
To the same class belonged the "
foolish ",
i .
e .,
the sinful , "
woman ."
In the New Testament the Greek pornai ,
plural , "
harlots ,"
occurs in Matt .
21 :
31 ,
32 ,
where they are classed with publicans ;
Luke 15 :
30 ;
1 Cor .
6 :
15 ,
16 ;
Heb .
11 :
31 ;
James 2 :
25 .
It is used symbolically in Rev .
17 :
1 ,
5 ,
15 ,
16 ;
19 :
2 .
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