- (old-fashioned)
a female prostitute 娼妓;妓女 - (taboo)
an offensive word used to refer to a woman who has sex with a lot of men 乱搞男女关系的女人;破鞋 You dirty little whore! 你这个肮脏的小婊子! You look like a common whore in that dress! 你穿那件衣服看起来像个普通的妓女!
Word Originlate Old English hōre, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoer and German Hure, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carus ‘dear’.