maid
noun /meɪd/
/meɪd/
- (often in compounds
) a female servant in a house or hotel常构成复合词 女仆;侍女;(旅馆的)女服务员 - There is a maid to do the housework.
有个女仆做家务事。 - The maid was changing the sheets when we got back to our room.
我们回到房间时女服务员正在换床单。 - She was a lady’s maid to Lady Fleetham.
她是弗利特姆夫人的侍女。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hotel
- kitchen
- laundry
- …
- There is a maid to do the housework.
- (old use) a young woman who is not married
see also old maid少女;年轻姑娘;未婚年轻女子
词源Middle English: abbreviation of maiden.