Charwoman
['tʃɑːwʊmən] or ['tʃɑrwʊmən]
解释:
(noun.) a human female employed to do housework; 'the char will clean the carpet'; 'I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write'.
录入:温思罗普--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
整理:雪莉
解释:
See Chare.
手打:威尔
例句:
- Leah had been saying something I had not caught, and the charwoman remarked-- She gets good wages, I guess? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I was awakened at daybreak by the charwoman, and having arrived at the inn, was at first placed inside the coach. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- These are the thanks he gets for trudging about three mortal weeks from house-painter to upholsterer, from cabinet-maker to charwoman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I wonder whether the master-- The charwoman was going on; but here Leah turned and perceived me, and she instantly gave her companion a nudge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Mrs. Tinker, Miss Sharp; Miss Governess, Mrs. Charwoman. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The servant next door went for him, for the charwoman is gone home. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- So they had to keep a charwoman in almost constant employ. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- She is a good hand, I daresay, said the charwoman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I once, indeed, overheard part of a dialogue between Leah and one of the charwomen, of which Grace formed the subject. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionnaire's office, and putting on list slippers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
录入:朱莉