handmaid

['h?ndmeid]
  • n. 侍女;女傭人

英文詞源


handmaid (n.)
"female servant," c. 1300, from hand (n.) in the sense in close at hand + maid. Compare Old English handtegn "personal attendant" and the original sense of handsome.

雙語例句


1. Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory.
寫完了具有未來色彩的《女仆的故事》之后,瑪格麗特·阿特伍德的第七部小說《貓眼》回歸到了人們較熟悉的題材上。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The prince had appeared and subjugated the poor little handmaid.
王子出現(xiàn)了,這使窮苦的小丫頭不勝仰慕.

來自辭典例句

3. The sons of Bilhah ( Rachel's handmaid ) : Dan and Naphtali.
辣黑耳的婢女彼耳哈的兒子: 丹和納斐塔里.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

4. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid.
婦人對他說:“請聽婢女的話!”

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. During the Qing Dynasty, philology was a mere handmaid of classical studies.
語言文字學(xué)在清代還只是經(jīng)學(xué)的附庸.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)