| 词汇 | parlourmaid |
| 释义 | parlourmaid noun[ C ] UK(alsoparlour maid); (USparlormaid)uk /ˈpɑː.lə.meɪd/ us /ˈpɑːr.lɚ.meɪd/ in the past, a woman employed as a servant in a house, for example to serve meals, or to open the door to visitors: The parlourmaid cleared away the first course. She was at home, sitting by the fire in the little drawing room, tended by her parlourmaid. At that time the help in the house consisted of three maids - a parlour maid, a housemaid, and a kitchen maid who did some cooking. Compare chambermaid housemaid kitchen maid lady's maid nursemaid old-fashioned in the United States, a woman who works in a hotel, hospital, or house doing jobs such as cleaning rooms and changing beds: She worked for several years as a parlour maid in a New York hotel. Muriel nodded to the parlourmaid, who passed Lily a plate of sandwiches. The parlourmaid lowered a serving dish bearing a large fillet of beef onto the table. I rang the bell and a neatly dressed parlourmaid opened the door. People who serve other people anti-slavery below/above stairsidiom boot boy butler dogsbody gofer handmaiden housemaid labourer lackey lady's maid retainer serfdom servant skivvy slave slave trade slaver valet vassal |
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