housemaid

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
    — With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”
  2. A housewife. derogatory
动词 v.
  1. To be a housemaid.
  2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
  3. To clean, as a housemaid.
    — Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.

词形变化

housemaids plural house maid alternative house-maid alternative housemaids present,singular,third-person housemaiding participle,present housemaided participle,past housemaided past house maid alternative house-maid alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
underhousemaid
相关词
housegirl housemaid's knee

词源

词源 1
From house + maid.
词源 2
From house + maid.
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