maid

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maid /meɪd/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  BODHa female servant, especially in a large house or hotel 〔尤指大宅或酒店的〕女仆 a kitchen maid 厨房女佣人2. WOMAN old use a woman or girl who is not married 未婚女子；姑娘，少女 → old maid

Examples from the Corpus

maid• He had more than an hour to fill in before the meal: he had a maid bring him beer.• One afternoon as he was hacking away on his violin, a maid appeared with a message from below.• A maid pushed her cleaning cart down the path toward the cottages out back.• The maid came into the room with a platter of sliced beef.• She became a ward maid in a hospital.• Weekly maid and household laundry service included.Origin maid (1100-1200) maiden

maid nounChinese  

house or a Corpus a especially servant, in hotel female large

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maid /meɪd/ noun [countable]1. a female servant, especially in a large house or hotel:
    a kitchen maid
2. old use a woman or girl who is not married ⇨ old maid

maidBrE /meɪd/ 🔊NAmE /meɪd/ 🔊 noun (often in compounds 常构成复合词) a female servant in a house or hotel 女仆；侍女；（旅馆的）女服务员◆There is a maid to do the housework. 有个女仆做家务事。🔊🔊  ➡  see also barmaid, chambermaid, dairymaid, housemaid, milkmaid, nursemaid (old use) a young woman who is not married 少女；年轻姑娘；未婚年轻女子  ➡  see also old maid