单词 | milkmaid |
释义 | milkmaid From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Agriculture Occupationsmilkmaidmilk‧maid /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/ noun [countable]BOTAa woman in the past whose job was to get milk from cows on a farmExamples from the Corpusmilkmaid• She finally heard that a dairyman some miles to the south needed a good milkmaid for the summer.• Richard, of Cornwall, reckons that milkmaids could be hired at £5 an hour because unemployment in farming is so bad.• This frightened the milkmaid and the pastor.• Does he have to be reminded about his long meetings with apple-cheeked Maude the milkmaid at the back of my stables?• And there was a picture engraved on glass, illustrating the fable of the milkmaid and her pail. |
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