| 单词 | sempstress |
| 释义 | sempstress (once / 19699 pages) n WORD FAMILY sempstress: sempstresses USAGE EXAMPLESHe made the best baskets in the world, and his wife was an excellent sempstress. Foote, G. W. (George William), Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and...(2012) The busy sempstresses plied their needles with double speed; and various were the flounces and furbelows, pinkings and quiltings, they invented. Anonymous, Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I...(2012) If there was a king who could not help being a locksmith, I know of a countess who could not help being a sempstress. Martineau, Harriet, Household Education(2011) n someone who makes or mends dresses Syn|Exp|Hyper dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress Betsy Griscom Ross American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) garment worker, garment-worker, garmentmaker a person who makes garments |
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