Word · Frequency #25466
wenching
嫖妓；嫖娼
wenching is the present participle 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。
Verb forms
base wench · third person wenches · -ing wenching · past wenched · past participle wenched
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。
词族Word family
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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