handmaid

英['hændmeɪd] 美['hændmeɪd]
  • n. 女佣人；侍女
  • =handmaiden.
handmaiden
  • hanaper n.文件筐
  • hance n.拱腰(椭圆拱脚处的最小半径)
  • hand n.手；协助；手艺v.给；传Hand.n.汉德（英文姓）
  • handbag n.手提包
  • handball n.手球；墙手球运动

详细释义

Noun:
  1. in a subordinate position;

    "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"
    "the state cannot be a servant of the church"

  2. a personal maid or female attendant

双语例句

1. Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory.
写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The prince had appeared and subjugated the poor little handmaid.
王子出现了,这使穷苦的小丫头不胜仰慕.

来自辞典例句

3. The sons of Bilhah ( Rachel's handmaid ) : Dan and Naphtali.
辣黑耳的婢女彼耳哈的儿子: 丹和纳斐塔里.

来自互联网

4. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid.
妇人对他说:“请听婢女的话!”

来自互联网

5. During the Qing Dynasty, philology was a mere handmaid of classical studies.
语言文字学在清代还只是经学的附庸.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Her handmaid brings her cod-fish in a golden plate.
      侍女金盘脍鲤鱼。
    2. Behold the handmaid of the moon.
      瞧瞧月亮的侍女。

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