单词 | washerwoman |
释义 | washerwoman From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Occupationswasherwomanwash‧er‧wom‧an /ˈwɒʃəˌwʊmən $ ˈwɒːʃər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun (plural washerwomen /-ˌwɪmɪn/) [countable]BOWASHa woman in the past whose job was to wash other people’s clothesExamples from the Corpuswasherwoman• He would look wonderful dressed as a washerwoman.• She worked as a washerwoman for several households, beginning her work at dawn.• And gabbing away like a washerwoman on every subject under the sun.• Still more of the widows went out as chars or washerwomen, and a few minded children.• Like it or not, you are in truth of the commonalty - the orphaned daughter of a poor washerwoman. |
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