Word · Frequency #25466
wenched
嫖妓；嫖娼
wenched is the past of wench.
核心释义
to visit prostitutes habitually
- 1.
经常卖淫的女人
frequent prostitutes
经常卖淫的女人；私通；嫖妓
用法In use
The old merchant wenched at a brothel whenever he visited the port.
用法提示：wenched 是 wench 的过去式，作动词表示嫖妓，后接地点 at a brothel。
He was wenching with prostitutes all weekend and did not answer his phone.
用法提示：wenching 是 wench 的现在分词，与 was 构成过去进行时，作动词表示嫖妓。
She suspects her husband wenches at the brothel when he goes on business trips.
用法提示：wenches 是 wench 的第三人称单数，作动词表示嫖妓，后接地点 at the brothel。
go wenching
go wenching 是古旧且带有贬义的表达，现代英语中很少使用。
The sailors went wenching as soon as the ship docked.
船一靠岸，水手们就去嫖妓了。
be out wenching
be out wenching 中的 wenching 是现在分词，强调外出从事该行为。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
近义词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。
易混词Confusing words
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 wench 的 wen 联想成“问”：去嫖前先问价，动词 wench 即嫖妓。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
一起学习词形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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