英 [ˈprɒstɪtjuːt] 美 [ˈprɑːstɪtuːt]
n. （尤指妇女）卖淫者，娼妓；出卖节操者
v. 卖淫；出卖（自己），滥用才能
adj. 卖淫的，堕落的
复数prostitutes
第三人称单数prostitutes
现在分词prostituting
过去式prostituted
过去分词prostituted
prostitute /ˈprɒstɪˌtjuːt/ TEM4
可数名词 A prostitute is a person, usually a woman, who has sex with men in exchange for money. 娼妓
He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
他承认上星期曾和一名妓女有过性交易。
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
同义词： cocotte / whore / harlot / bawd / tart / cyprian / fancy woman / working girl / sporting lady / lady of pleasure / woman of the street
sell one's body; exchange sex for money
妓女-引用次数：63
In Yuan zaju’s Zhao Pan, Du Ruiniang, prostitute images and so on He Lianlian are in the Chinese prostitute literary work the outstanding character.
元杂剧中的赵盼儿、杜蕊娘、贺怜怜等妓女形象乃是中国妓女文学作品中杰出的人物。
参考来源元杂剧妓女形象研究
娼妓-引用次数：25
The prostitute industry was still prosperous in modern Shandong province.
近代山东娼妓业依然盛行。
参考来源近代山东娼妓业的兴衰
卖淫女群体-引用次数：5
In the nearly 20 past years, the prostitute group of our country has been expanding.
近二十几年来，我国的卖淫女群体正经历一个不断壮大的过程。
参考来源当前我国卖淫女群体研究
暗娼-引用次数：4
Conclusion The results showed that the prostitute had many high risk factors,the infection rate was higher than that in general population.
结论暗娼中存在感染H IV/A IDS的高危因素,沙眼衣原体的感染率较普通人群高。
妓女
一张典型的澳洲妇女圆脸庞(Face)、笑起来眼睛弯成月牙形(Crescent)，自然(Natural)的褐色头发在肩膀，略施粉黛(Prostitute)，勒斯罗马意大利杯埃托奥帕托伊布桑切斯罗比尼奥半新的衬衣或者白色针织衫，混身的点缀就是(Is)一条珍珠(Pearl)和一副小……
... 站火车 Standing in the Train 赚吃的查某人 Prostitute 好胆甭走 Stay, If you Dare. ...
都是花花肠子，满肚的男盗女娼(Prostitute)，根基就不懂啥叫经……
... Loser(失败者) Prostitute入戏 Backlight.逆光 ...
prostitution 卖淫；滥用；出卖灵魂
妓女
She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.
她为花钱过可卡因毒瘾而成了一名妓女。
Jodie Foster played a young prostitute in the 1976 film "Taxi Driver".
朱迪·福斯特在1976年的电影《出租车司机》中扮演一名年轻的妓女。
Milton explains the preposterous idea that he has ever visited a prostitute.
弥尔顿解释了他曾拜访过妓女这一荒谬想法。
Billie became a prostitute at the age of thirteen.
VOA : special.2010.02.28
Jacob is a deceiver; Joseph is an arrogant, spoiled brat; Judah reneges on his obligations to his daughter-in-law and goes off and sleeps with a prostitute.
雅各布是个骗子，约瑟夫是个自大，被宠坏的顽童;,犹大背信弃义，抛下自己的儿媳妇,还与妓女有染。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Indeed, who was one the heroines of the Battle of Jericho, if not a Canaanite woman, a prostitute no less, named Rahab.
事实上，她是耶利哥之役的一位女英雄，如果不是迦南妇女，是妓女或者更甚，叫哈布。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
They say when people learn that the prostitute in a brothel may be an unwilling victim of sexual exploitation or the cheap jeans they buy in a store are produced by people working some of these forms of contemporary slavery may dry up.
VOA : standard.2009.08.21
But despite the efforts of her maid, the undercover prostitute Shae, the Hound finds out.
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In The A-List book series Camilla Sheppard spreads rumors that a rival classmate is a prostitute.
The student denied all knowledge of the son's doctor and had never been a prostitute.