Governess
['gʌv(ə)nɪs] or ['gʌvɚnəs]
解释:
(noun.) a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home).
朱厄尔录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
吉米编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Governante, instructress, tutoress.
校对:惠特尼
例句:
- Presently, without preface or prelude, she said, almost in the tone of one making an accusation, Meess, in England you were a governess? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Five daughters brought up at home without a governess! 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I am a governess myself. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Shirley never laughed at her former governess; even the little formalities and harmless peculiarities of that lady were respectable in her eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Governess, or something of that sort. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- You are better placed _here_; very fit for a wife, but not at all for a governess. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- And I must say I think Mary Garth a dreadful plain girl--more fit for a governess. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- A governess is all very well, but I'd rather have a lady for my sister-in-law. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- One day, a young gentleman, who was nephew to my nurse's governess, came and pressed them both to see an execution. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- What would your governess and your uncle say to see them used for such a purpose? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Gentlemen in his station are not accustomed to marry their governesses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I don't trust them governesses, Pinner, she remarked to the maid. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Governesses,' she observed, 'must ever be kept in a sort of isolation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- My dearest, don't mention governesses; the word makes me nervous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- He never reproves and reproves, as girls' governesses do. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Are they to be shirt-makers, or governesses? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Oh, governesses--or widows. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Sir Pitt might have said he and his family, to be sure; but rich baronets do not need to be careful about grammar, as poor governesses must be. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It is not in your nature to bear the desolate life governesses generally lead; you would fall ill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Not three in three thousand raw school-girl-governesses would have answered me as you have just done. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- You will give up your governessing slavery at once. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I'll not hear of governessing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
校对:谢尔比