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

When I was your age my father died and I was sold to Tongs as maid. There I ate the cold leftovers every day and I was often scolded and beaten.
像你这么大的年纪，我的爸爸死了，卖给童家里，吃残茶剩饭，还经常受骂挨打。
A maid brought me breakfast at half past eight.
8点半女佣给我送来了早餐。
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》）
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。
I sent away my maid.
我把保姆回了。
Her maid helped her to dress for the ball.
她的女仆帮她穿衣准备参加舞会。
And he's hired a maid?
他却雇了一个女佣？
I thought this maid's thing was about sex.
我本以为扮女仆是和性有关。
My father already thinks I'm an old maid.
我老爸已经觉得我是个老女孩了。
Now therefore behold in me the murderer of a youth and a maid.
因此，现在你在我身上瞧得见一个谋杀这对青年和少女的凶手。