harem
音标：
英音/ ˈhɑːriːm; ˈhɑːrəm / 美音/ ˈhærəm /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Before he lost his sight, he well known as a stallion who fought for his harem of mares.
在他失明之前，他作为一匹为他的后宫母马而战的种马而闻名。
—Washington Times
She points out Montagu’s antisemitism and her apparent approval, during a long sojourn in Istanbul, of harem life and enslavement among the Ottoman Turks.
她指出蒙塔古的反犹太主义，以及她在伊斯坦布尔长期逗留期间对奥斯曼土耳其人的后宫生活和奴役的明显认可。
—Washington Post
To hear her tell it, there was a “harem of girls” around him that night.
听她说，那天晚上他身边就有“后宫女郎”。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
noun
living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
为一个雄性动物所控制的许多雌性动物；闺房里的妻妾群；闺房（伊斯兰教教徒的）
同义词：
hareem,seraglio,serail
短释义：
Technically a harem is just a living space for women in a society that tends to separate men and women, but when we use harem, we’re often using it in the sense of a room full of women that serve someone powerful, often in a sexual way. Harem can also be used to refer to any flock of doting, servile people that surround someone. A star musician might be surrounded by a harem of devoted fans…really devoted fans.
后宫是传统穆斯林社会中为女性（妻子、仆人或妾）保留的房子的一部分。
长释义：
Technically a harem is just a living space for women in a society that tends to separate men and women, but when we use harem, we’re often using it in the sense of a room full of women that serve someone powerful, often in a sexual way. Harem can also be used to refer to any flock of doting, servile people that surround someone. A star musician might be surrounded by a harem of devoted fans…really devoted fans.
从技术上讲，后宫只是一个倾向于男女分开的社会中女性的生活空间，但当我们使用后宫时，我们通常是指一个充满女人的房间，为有权势的人服务，通常是在一个房间里。性方式。后宫也可以用来指围绕某人的一群溺爱、奴性的人。一位明星音乐家可能周围都是一群忠实的歌迷……真正忠实的歌迷。
文学例句：
Some days our interactions felt like he was trying really hard to overcompensate for that first error, for thinking my parents were about to ship me off to a harem or something.
有时候，我们的互动感觉他真的很努力地过度补偿第一个错误，因为他认为我的父母要把我送到后宫或其他什么地方。
—A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
“The Emperor does have a harem, right? Because that’s the only reason I took the oath—” She shoves me—practically off the roof—and I beg for mercy.
“皇帝是有后宫的吧？因为这是我宣誓的唯一原因——”她把我从屋顶上推了下来——我乞求怜悯。
—An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Only I wouldn’t ever let myself be shut up in a harem.”
只是我绝对不会让自己被关在后宫。”
—The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
词源：
harem (n.)1630s, “part of a Middle Eastern house reserved for women,” from Turkish harem, from Arabic haram “wives and concubines,” originally “women’s quarters,” literally “something forbidden or kept safe,” from root of harama “he guarded, forbade.” From 1784 in English as “wives, female relatives and female slaves in a Middle Eastern household.” The harem-skirt was introduced in fashion 1911. Harem pants attested from 1921; fashionable c. 1944. An earlier word for them (in a Middle Eastern/Balkan context) was bag-trousers (1849).Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
harem (n.)1630s，“为妇女保留的中东房屋的一部分”，源自土耳其语 harem，源自阿拉伯语 haram“妻子和小妾”，最初是“妇女的住所”，字面意思是“禁止或安全的东西”，源自harama“他守护，禁止。”从 1784 年起，在英语中意为“中东家庭中的妻子、女性亲戚和女奴隶”。哈伦裙于 1911 年引入时尚界。哈伦裤于 1921 年得到证实；时尚 C. 1944 年。它们的早期用词（在中东/巴尔干语境中）是 bag-trousers (1849)。相关条目及更多
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