释义 |
ˈcowherdess rare. [f. prec. + -ess: cf. shepherdess.] A female cowherd; a cowherd's wife.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xxxvi. 330 The Cowheardesse comming in..said, Thou fellow, doest thou see the bread burne before thy face, and wilt not turne it? 1883Monier Williams Relig. Thought India i. v. 112 Brought up among cowherds, cowherdesses, and..peasants. |