handmaid

n. 侍女, 女仆

发音

US /ˈhændˌmeɪd/
其它

词形变化

handmaids 复数 handmaids

别名

handmaiden handmayd

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

    女婢

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    历史
  2. 2.

    A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

servant handmaiden

上位词 6

maid housemaid subsidiarity amah maidservant subordinateness

词源

Inherited from Middle English handemayde, hand-maide, handmaide, handmayd, hand mayde, hand-mayde, haundmaid, hondemayde, hondmaide, hond-mayde. By surface analysis, compound of hand + maid, the first component in the sense of "ready at hand".

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