brothel
noun /ˈbrɒθl/
/ˈbrɑːθl/
(also bordello especially in North American English)
- a house where people pay to have sex with prostitutes
妓院 - He used to visit a brothel in Paris.
他以前常到巴黎的一家妓院。 - She ran a brothel in Soho.
她在索霍区开了一家妓院。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + brothel- go to
- visit
- run
- …
- keeper
- owner
- in a/the brothel
词源mid 16th cent. (originally brothel-house): from late Middle English brothel ‘worthless man, prostitute’, related to Old English brēothan ‘degenerate, deteriorate’. - He used to visit a brothel in Paris.