单词 | handmaiden |
释义 | handmaiden (hændmeɪdən ) Word forms: handmaidens 1. countable noun A handmaiden is a female servant. [literary, old-fashioned] 2. countable noun If one thing is the handmaiden of another, the first thing helps the second or makes it possible. [formal] The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry. [+ of/to] |
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