英语词汇“au pair”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

au pair

/əʊ ˈpɛː

noun

A young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with housework or childcare in exchange for food, a room, and some pocket money: [as modifier]: an au pair girl...

As more women have sought full-time careers, various alternative forms of domestic assistance have developed, consisting of armies of contract cleaners, childminders, nannies and au pairs.
In other cases, women answered advertisements by foreign tour operators or employment agencies looking for au pairs, models, housekeepers and waitresses.
Every woman boss depends on au pairs, nannies, cleaners, cooks and women who do the ironing.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French, literally 'on equal terms'. The phrase was originally adjectival, describing an arrangement between two parties paid for by the exchange of mutual services; the noun usage dates from the 1960s.

单词	au pair
释义	au pair /əʊ ˈpɛː / noun A young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with housework or childcare in exchange for food, a room, and some pocket money: [as modifier]: an au pair girl... As more women have sought full-time careers, various alternative forms of domestic assistance have developed, consisting of armies of contract cleaners, childminders, nannies and au pairs. In other cases, women answered advertisements by foreign tour operators or employment agencies looking for au pairs, models, housekeepers and waitresses. Every woman boss depends on au pairs, nannies, cleaners, cooks and women who do the ironing. Origin Late 19th century: from French, literally 'on equal terms'. The phrase was originally adjectival, describing an arrangement between two parties paid for by the exchange of mutual services; the noun usage dates from the 1960s.
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