| 词汇 | housemaid |
| 释义 | housemaid noun[ C ] old-fashioneduk /ˈhaʊs.meɪd/ us /ˈhaʊs.meɪd/ a woman servant whose job is to clean a large house, and who often lives there女佣 People who serve other people anti-slavery below/above stairsidiom boot boy butler dogsbody gofer handmaiden labourer lackey lady's maid lapdog retainer serfdom servant skivvy slave slave trade slaver valet vassal Examples of housemaidhousemaid 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. Two of these, a waitress and a housemaid, were possibly staff of the establishment. These include an army for a soldier, a custom for a customs officer, a housegirl for a housemaid, and a houseboy for a man-servant. 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 the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the de minimis argument; it is the "housemaid's baby" argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She is the head housemaid, as it were. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, the housemaid with 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 the Open 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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