maid

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n. 少女, 未婚女子, 女仆

发音

US /meɪd/

词形变化

maidie maids 复数 maids maidy maids 三单 maiding 现在分词 maided 过去式 maided 过去分词

别名

maide

教材释义与例句

名词

女仆；少女

a female servant, especially in a large house or hotel

动词

侍候；做新娘的女傧相

动词

当女仆

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

    过时 诗歌
  2. 2.

    An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)

    女仆

    女佣

    佣妇

    侍女

    下女

    宾妹

  3. 3.

    A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To serve as lady's maid to, to wait upon.

    罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

maiden housemaid amah maidservant

上位词 6

girl woman miss domestic missy young lady

下位词 10

damsel chambermaid handmaiden damoiselle damosel damozel demoiselle handmaid lady's maid parlormaid

相关短语

maid of honor n. 宫女，女傧相 maid of honour maid child maid children maid café 女仆咖啡厅 maid cafés maid cafe maid cafes Maid Marian 梅德·玛丽安（英国古时莫利斯舞中的人物, 侠盗罗宾汉的情人） maid of Kent Maid of Honour tart Maid of Honour tarts

词源

From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).

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