| 单词 | housekeeper |
| 释义 | housekeeper (once / 601 pages) n A housekeeper is someone whose job involves cleaning other people's houses. In some cases, a housekeeper also cooks meals for her employers. It was once common in many countries for wealthy families to employ a live-in housekeeper, who may have been called a maid or a servant. Today it's less typical, although some families hire workers to clean occasionally — these people might come once a week and are usually called housecleaners rather than housekeepers. The word uses the sense of keep that means "maintain or preserve order." WORD FAMILYhousekeeper: housekeepers+/housekeep: housekeeped, housekeeper, housekeeping, housekeeps/housekeeping: housekeepings USAGE EXAMPLES“Enough is better than a feast,” Aunt Sammy would say on her radio program, “Housekeepers’ Chat.” The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) I-124 also requires hotels protect workers from chemical hazards and limits housekeepers to cleaning 5,000 square feet in a normal workday. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) “I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house,” she said. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) n a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household Hyper domestic, domestic help, house servant a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household |
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