释义 |
ˈSwissess rare. [f. Swiss + -ess.] A female Swiss; a Swiss woman or girl.
1793A. C. Bower Diaries & Corr. (1903) 144 She is a Swissess and speaks pretty broken English. 1818Shelley Let. Pr. Wks. 1888 II. 241 A Mr. and Mrs. Hoppner, the gentleman an Englishman, and the lady a Swissesse. |