Word · Frequency #25466
wench
/wentʃ/
verb
嫖妓；嫖娼
to visit prostitutes habitually
- 1.
frequent prostitutes
经常卖淫的女人
经常卖淫的女人；私通；嫖妓
In use
The old merchant wenched at a brothel whenever he visited the port.
He was wenching with prostitutes all weekend and did not answer his phone.
She suspects her husband wenches at the brothel when he goes on business trips.
Verb forms
base wench · third person wenches · -ing wenching · past wenched · past participle wenched
Connections
Collocations
- go wenching
- 嫖妓；出去嫖娼
- In the old novel, the young lord would go wenching with his friends.在这本旧小说里，年轻的贵族常常和朋友一起去嫖妓。
- drinking and wenching
- 喝酒嫖妓；纵酒宿妓
- The soldiers spent their leave drinking and wenching in the port city.士兵们在港口城市休假时喝酒嫖妓。
Synonyms
- whore
- （贬义）嫖妓；卖淫 · 与 wench 同指男子嫖妓，但 whore 还可作名词或表示‘卖淫’；wench 为古旧用语，语气较隐晦，whore 则更粗俗。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 wench 的 wen 联想成“问”：去嫖前先问价，动词 wench 即嫖妓。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：historical fiction、archaic prose 这个动词用法多用于旧时文学作品或历史题材叙事中，现代日常英语里很少出现，整体语感偏古旧、书面。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with /wentʃ/: their stressed vowel and the following /ntʃ/ match the target's -ench. Beware the spelling lookalike 'winch' (/wɪntʃ/), which does not rhyme because its vowel differs.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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