单词 | maid |
释义 | maid/meɪd![]() noun 1A female domestic servant: Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid...
Synonyms female servant, maidservant, housemaid, parlourmaid, serving maid, lady's maid, chambermaid, maid-of-all-work, domestic, drudge, menial; help, cleaner, cleaning woman/lady, housekeeper, au pair; Indian amah, bai British informal daily, skivvy, Mrs Mop British dated charwoman, charlady, char, cook-general, cook-maid, tweeny archaic abigail 2 archaic An unmarried girl or young woman.Was this just Andrew's manner - no, but he certainly didn't flirt with the other maids and pretty girls he passed on the streets....
2.1A virgin.On the eve of St Valentine, a number of young folk - maids and bachelors - would assemble together, and inscribe upon little billets the names of an equal number of maids and bachelors of their acquaintance, throw the whole into a receptacle of some sort, and then draw them lottery-wise - care, of course, being taken that each should draw one of the opposite sex. DerivativesmaidishOriginMiddle English: abbreviation of maiden. Rhymes |
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