| 单词 | governess |
| 释义 | gov·er·ness I. 1. < his mother was named by the states Governess of the United Provinces — Charles Butler †1832 > < a shining example to governesses of religious houses — Ann Radcliffe > < the moon, the governess of floods — Shakespeare > 2. < my education and that of my brothers had been generally superintended … by a succession of governesses — Caroline Gilman > 3. archaic < introduced by the … Governess at Madras — Benjamin Heyne > II. intransitive verb < she's going to governess in Winnipeg — Agnes Macdonald > transitive verb 1. < and governesses her brother's rising family — Tait's Magazine > 2. < if you persist in governessing people — G.B.Shaw > |
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