单词 | bus conductress |
释义 | > as lemmasbus conductress bus conductress n. [after bus conductor n.] a female bus conductor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > conductor > female bus conductress1894 busgirl1916 clippie1941 1894 Hearth & Home 1 Mar. 516/1 The news recalls Leech's caricatures during the ‘bloomer’ craze, when matronly policewomen, bewitching bus-conductresses, and hansom drivers appeared in the pages of Punch. 1916 Sphere 30 Dec. 237 His [sc. a soldier's] sister in the garb of a 'bus conductress, an employment which she has taken up in her brother's absence. 2001 Church Times 12 Jan. 20/2 Our bus conductress..was West Yorkshire: warm, brash, everyone was her luv. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。