Word · Frequency #24614
chambermaid
客房女服务员
a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms, now primarily in hotels
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A maid who handles the chores in a hotel room or (chiefly historically) a bedroom in a wealthy household.
负责酒店客房或(历史上主要)富家卧室杂务的女仆。
负责酒店客房或(历史上主要)富家卧室杂务的女仆。；女服务员
In use
The chambermaid knocked before entering the hotel room.
The chambermaid changed the sheets and left fresh towels.
The hotel hired two chambermaids for the busy summer season.
work as a chambermaid
work as 后接表示职业的可数名词单数，需带不定冠词 a 或 an。
She worked as a chambermaid in a seaside hotel last summer.
去年夏天，她在一家海滨酒店当客房服务员。
be a chambermaid at/in [place]
表示在某地担任该职务时，at 后接具体酒店、旅馆等，in 后接较大地点或机构。
She has been a chambermaid at the same hotel for ten years.
她在同一家酒店当客房服务员已经十年了。
the chambermaid + verb
当上下文已明确特指某位客房服务员时，用定冠词 the；复数形式为 the chambermaids。
The chambermaid opened the door and asked whether we needed fresh towels.
客房服务员打开门，问我们是否需要新毛巾。
Common mistakes
She works as chambermaid in a hotel.She works as a chambermaid in a hotel.
chambermaid 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a/an；中文没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。加 a 后指“一个客房女服务员”，语法才正确。
The chambermaid took our order at the restaurant.The waitress took our order at the restaurant.
chambermaid 专指酒店客房内清理打扫的女服务员；餐厅里接待点菜的是 waitress。二者职责不同，不能混用。
She chambermaids at a big hotel.She works as a chambermaid at a big hotel.
chambermaid 是名词，不能直接用作动词。表达“担任客房服务员”要用 work as a chambermaid 或 be a chambermaid 等结构。
Connections
Collocations
- work as a chambermaid
- 做客房女服务员
- She worked as a chambermaid in a seaside hotel.她在一家海滨酒店做客房女服务员。
- call the chambermaid
- 叫客房女服务员
- Guests can call the chambermaid for extra towels.客人可以叫客房女服务员再送些毛巾。
- leave a tip for the chambermaid
- 给客房女服务员留小费
- He left a tip for the chambermaid on the pillow.他在枕头上给客房女服务员留了小费。
- head chambermaid
- 客房女服务员领班
- The head chambermaid checks each room after cleaning.客房女服务员领班在清洁后检查每个房间。
Synonyms
- maid
- 女仆；女佣 · 范围更宽，也可指家庭女仆；在酒店语境中指客房保洁人员时可用，但不如 chambermaid 专指。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：chamber(房间)+maid(女仆)，负责打扫房间的女服务员。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：hotel housekeeping、formal job descriptions、historical narratives chambermaid 多用于正式的书面或职业场合，指在旅馆等场所负责打扫卧室的女服务员；日常对话中较少见。
Grammar Note
多用于旅馆或酒店，指负责打扫客房的女服务员。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine sound matches (end /meɪn/): main, crane, plane. Spelling lookalikes that sound different (-maid pronounced /meɪd/): maid, handmaid, mermaid — they do not rhyme with the given /ˈtʃeimbəmein/.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.