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.
- 語言文字學在清代還只是經(jīng)學的附庸.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)