1887, "Japanese girl whose profession is to sing and dance to entertain men;" hence, loosely, "prostitute," from Japanese, literally "person accomplished in the social arts," from gei "art, performance" + sha "person." Compare almah, and Athenian auletrides "flute-girls," female musicians who entertained guests at a symposium with music at the start of the party and sex at the end of it.
雙語例句
1. Her latest role will be as Sayuri in the upcoming movie Memoirs of a Geisha.
她最新的角色是即將上映的《藝妓回憶錄》中的小百合.
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2. She stammers that she could be a geisha again, or better, she could die.
她支支吾吾地說她可以再去當(dāng)藝妓, 或者不如去死的好.
來自辭典例句
3. Geisha talks on the phone in the backseat of a car.
一位藝妓正在轎車后座講電話.
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4. In her first major English - speaking role, Zhang a Geisha'( 2005 ) .
章子怡在《藝 伎 回憶錄》中,首次用英語演出角色.
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5. Nowadays, a geisha's sex life is her private affair.