Charwoman
['tʃɑːwʊmən] or ['tʃɑrwʊmən]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:温思罗普--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
整理:雪麗
解釋/意思:
See Chare.
手打:威尔
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 簡·愛.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 維萊特.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- Mrs. Tinker, Miss Sharp; Miss Governess, Mrs. Charwoman. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The servant next door went for him, for the charwoman is gone home. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- So they had to keep a charwoman in almost constant employ. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- She is a good hand, I daresay, said the charwoman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionnaire's office, and putting on list slippers. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
錄入:朱莉