| 单词 | housemaid |
| 释义 | housemaid noun[C] old-fashioneduk/ˈhaʊs.meɪd/us/ˈhaʊs.meɪd/a womanservantwhosejobis tocleanalargehouse, and who oftenlivesthere 女佣People who serve other people
Examplesofhousemaidhousemaid Until the present, it has been rare for carers to be non-kin housemaids or paid nurses, although this may become more common among the better-off. From theCambridge English Corpus Two of these, a waitress and ahousemaid, were possibly staff of the establishment. From theCambridge English Corpus These include an army for a soldier, a custom for a customs officer, a housegirl for ahousemaid, and a houseboy for a man-servant. From theCambridge English Corpus He may say that this is a housemaid's baby, only a little one, and that there is nothing very much to worry about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The defence for it is rather like the housemaid's baby; it is only a little one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Like the housemaid's baby, he hopes to get away with the increase because it is only a little one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like the housemaid's baby—just a little baby. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They not only cost the country a lot of money, but they give the housemaids a great deal of work in clearing the waste-paper baskets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a bit like the housemaid's baby; it is only a small one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also such a thing as the housemaid's baby, which was "only a small one". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the argument of the housemaid's baby. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is thede minimisargument; it is the "housemaid's baby" argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is rather like the housemaid's baby; it is a bit bigger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She is the headhousemaid, as it were. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, thehousemaidwith her baby said that it was only a small baby, and tried to get away with it like that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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