1887, "Japanese girl whose profession is to sing and dance to entertain men;" hence, loosely, "prostitute," from Japanese, literally "person accomplished in the social arts," from gei "art, performance" + sha "person." Compare almah, and Athenian auletrides "flute-girls," female musicians who entertained guests at a symposium with music at the start of the party and sex at the end of it.
双语例句
1. Her latest role will be as Sayuri in the upcoming movie Memoirs of a Geisha.
她最新的角色是即将上映的《艺妓回忆录》中的小百合.
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2. She stammers that she could be a geisha again, or better, she could die.
她支支吾吾地说她可以再去当艺妓, 或者不如去死的好.
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3. Geisha talks on the phone in the backseat of a car.
一位艺妓正在轿车后座讲电话.
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4. In her first major English - speaking role, Zhang a Geisha'( 2005 ) .
章子怡在《艺 伎 回忆录》中,首次用英语演出角色.
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5. Nowadays, a geisha's sex life is her private affair.
