maid

英 [meɪd]

美 [meɪd]

n. 女仆; 侍女; (旅馆里的)女服务员; 少女; 年轻姑娘; 未婚年轻女子

复数：maids　

Collins.2 / BNC.5166 / COCA.6044

牛津词典

noun

女仆；侍女；（旅馆里的）女服务员
a female servant in a house or hotel
1. There is a maid to do the housework.
  有个女仆做家务事。
少女；年轻姑娘；未婚年轻女子
a young woman who is not married

noun

Her maid locked the case in the safe
她的女佣把箱子锁进保险柜里。
Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.
亚历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。
I thought this maid's thing was about sex.
我本以为扮女仆是和性有关。
For symbol of the Western Lake the Western maid you well may take,| whether adorned with white and rose| or in unpainted grace she goes.
欲把西湖比西子，淡妆浓抹总相宜。（苏轼《饮湖上初晴后雨》）
Her maid helped her to dress for the ball.
她的女仆帮她穿衣准备参加舞会。
This is a story about the love between a man and a maid.
这是一个关于一个小伙子和一个姑娘的爱情故事。
She had had a long whispered conversation with the maid.
她跟女佣人悄悄谈了好久。
She's had three husbands and I'll be an old maid.
她有过叁个丈夫，而我要变成一个老处女了。
He watched the maid come in.
他看着女佣人进来了。
He overheard his wife talk with the maid.
他无意中听到妻子对女佣说的话。