| 单词 | handmaid |
| 释义 | handmaid (once / 3215 pages) n Handmaid is an old fashioned word for a housekeeper or servant. Wealthy people living in grand houses once employed handmaids to clean for and serve them. You're most likely to come across the word handmaid in a book these days, since in-house "help" is more likely to be called a "cleaner," "housekeeper," or, rarely, a "maid." Years ago, handmaids were employed to work closely with their employers, sometimes as "ladies-in-waiting," assistants to queens and other royals. The term comes from maid, "young woman," and the "close-at-hand" sense of hand. WORD FAMILYhandmaid: handmaids USAGE EXAMPLESThis Handmaid’s Tale nightmare will only get worse once Trump takes office. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) A few weeks ago, I mentioned to a friend that I was in the middle of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. The Verge(Nov 09, 2016) Readers of The Handmaid’s Tale have indeed found elements of its story looming alarmingly close in recent weeks. The Guardian(Oct 15, 2016) 1n a personal maid or female attendant Syn|Hyper handmaiden amah, housemaid, maid, maidservant a female domestic 2n in a subordinate position Syn|Hyper handmaiden, servant subordinateness, subsidiarity secondary importance |
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