释义 |
ˈneedlewoman [needle n. 1.] A woman who works with the needle; a sempstress.
1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl i. i, You are busied with a needle-woman. a1667Jer. Taylor Suppl. Serm. for Year (1678) 104 She was a good needle-woman and a good huswife. 1776Carlisle Mag. 7 Sept. 143 She endeavoured to procure employment as a needle-woman. 1863W. Phillips Speeches ii. 31 The crowded and starved ranks of the needlewomen. 1879Meredith Egoist xiv, As a rule authoresses are not needlewomen. |