Handmaid
['hændmeid]
解释:
(noun.) a personal maid or female attendant.
(noun.) in a subordinate position; 'theology should be the handmaiden of ethics'; 'the state cannot be a servant of the church'.
康妮手打--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Alt. of Handmaiden
埃菲编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. Maid-servant, female servant.
校对:露辛达
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Servant, auxiliary, supporter
ANT:Antagonist, opponent
艾比校对
例句:
- It did not revolt her pride that the group to whom she voluntarily officiated as handmaid should include her cousin's tutor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The printing press was the handmaid of the Reformation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Possibly at home, but of a certainty impossible for handmaid to anticipate intentions of Miss Pross, as to admission or denial of the fact. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Lord, she cried, behold thine handmaid! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I have dismissed, with the fee of an orange, the little orphan who serves me as a handmaid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
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