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

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》）
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。
The maid, wang mah, came in with a bowl of bird's-nest gruel for him.
王妈捧着燕窝粥进来，吴荪甫也没觉得。
A maid brought me breakfast at half past eight.
8点半女佣给我送来了早餐。
I sent away my maid.
我把保姆回了。
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。
She had had a long whispered conversation with the maid.
她跟女佣人悄悄谈了好久。
They had a butler, a cook, and a maid.
他们有一个男管家、一个厨师和一个女佣。
And he's hired a maid?
他却雇了一个女佣？