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单词 handmaid
释义 handmaid
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from hand + maid
1. : a personal maid or female servant or attendant
2. : something whose essential function is to serve and assist
 < holds that the state … must become the servant or handmaid of the church — Times Literary Supplement >
 < even philosophy and logic … were in his eyes the mere handmaids of the critical spirit — Richard Wollheim >
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