handmaid

• n. 侍女；女佣人

英文词源

handmaid (n.)

"female servant," c. 1300, from hand (n.) in the sense in close at hand + maid. Compare Old English handþegn "personal attendant" and the original sense of handsome.

双语例句

1. Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory.

写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。

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2. The prince had appeared and subjugated the poor little handmaid.

王子出现了,这使穷苦的小丫头不胜仰慕.

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3. The sons of Bilhah ( Rachel's handmaid ) : Dan and Naphtali.

辣黑耳的婢女彼耳哈的儿子: 丹和纳斐塔里.

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4. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid.

妇人对他说:“请听婢女的话!”

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5. During the Qing Dynasty, philology was a mere handmaid of classical studies.

语言文字学在清代还只是经学的附庸.

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