| 单词 | dinner lady |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdinner lady dinner lady n. chiefly British a woman whose job is to supervise schoolchildren during meals and in the playground during the school dinner hour; (also) a woman whose job is to serve food in the canteen at a school or (by extension) a place of work. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in a school dinner lady1966 school dinner lady1969 society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > other school staff dinner lady1966 1966 Compar. Educ. 2 134/1 Not just the teachers... Student teachers, nursery assistants, ‘dinner ladies’ and the caretaker. 1967 Economist 23 Sept. 1072/3 ‘Dinner lady’ is a popular part-time job for many women, especially where small children are concerned—and where extra supervision is most needed. 1983 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. 8/1 Dinner ladies helping with playground supervision have been jostled and abused while trying to tackle unruly pupils. 1984 Listener 22 Mar. 4/2 He hopes that the majority of the dinner ladies will, in the end, accept. 2021 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Mar. She is a nurse but she also used to be a dinner lady at school and a cleaner at night. < as lemmas |
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