名詞 demimonde:

1. a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

dem.i.monde

n.（名詞）

A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors.
姘婦：被有錢的情人或保護(hù)者所供養(yǎng)的一類女人
Women prostitutes considered as a group.
妓女（總稱）：整個(gè)妓女團(tuán)體
A group whose respectability is dubious or whose success is marginal:
名聲不好的人：其體面的社會(huì)地位令人懷疑或其成功被視為微不足道的人的團(tuán)體：
例句：
the literary demimonde of ghost writers, hacks, and publicists.Also called In this sense, also called demiworld
由代人寫作的人、雇傭文人或出版者組成的名聲不好的文人階層也作 在此意義上也可稱作 demiworld

來(lái)源：
French
法語(yǔ)
demi- [demi-]
demi- [前綴，表示.半.]
monde [world] from Latin mundus
monde [世界，團(tuán)體] 源自 拉丁語(yǔ) mundus