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work as a housemaid
常见的职业表达方式。
She worked as a housemaid for a wealthy family.
她为一个富裕家庭做女佣。
女佣
housemaids — plural of housemaid
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
女佣
a female domestic servant
She worked as a housemaid for a wealthy family.
她为一个富裕家庭做女佣。
负责打扫房屋的女性家务工
A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
The housemaid dusted the furniture every morning.
女佣每天早晨擦拭家具。
They hired two housemaids to manage the large house.
他们雇了两名女佣来打理这栋大房子。
The old housemaid retired after thirty years of service.
那位老女佣服务三十年后退休了。
常见的职业表达方式。
She worked as a housemaid for a wealthy family.
她为一个富裕家庭做女佣。
表示服务对象，后常接家庭或人名。
The housemaid for the Smiths has been with them for years.
史密斯家的女佣已经为他们工作多年了。
动词 employ 搭配，表示雇佣关系。
They decided to employ a housemaid to help with the cleaning.
他们决定雇一名女佣来帮忙打扫。
Not this
There are three housemaid in the room.
Use this
There are three housemaids in the room.
housemaid 是可数名词，表示多个女佣时需要使用复数形式 housemaids。
Not this
She works as housemaid.
Use this
She works as a housemaid.
housemaid 是可数名词单数，在句中作表语或同位语时，需加不定冠词 a 表示泛指“一个女佣”。
Not this
She housemaids for a rich family.
Use this
She works as a housemaid for a rich family.
housemaid 是名词，不能用作动词。表示“做女佣工作”时应使用 work as a housemaid 结构。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
女佣膝（髌前滑囊炎）
She developed housemaid's knee from kneeling to scrub the floors.
她因跪着擦地板而患上了女佣膝（髌前滑囊炎）。
清洁工具储藏室
The mop and bucket are kept in the housemaid's closet.
拖把和水桶放在清洁工具储藏室里。
深口洗涤槽（女佣用）
She rinsed the rags in the housemaid's sink.
她在深口洗涤槽里冲洗抹布。
做女佣，当女佣
She worked as a housemaid in a grand London house.
她在伦敦一所大宅里做女佣。
雇用女佣
The family employed a housemaid to keep the house tidy.
这家人雇了一名女佣来保持房子整洁。
髌前滑囊炎
After years of scrubbing floors, she developed housemaid's knee.
多年擦洗地板后，她患上了髌前滑囊炎。
Use housemaids naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 housemaid 拆成 house（房屋）+ maid（女仆）：房屋里的女仆专管打扫，记住 house+maid=打扫房屋的女佣。
语域：formal 常见场景：历史语境、文学作品 该词通常带有旧式书面色彩，多用于历史或文学语境，指负责打扫房屋的女性佣工；在现代日常口语中较少使用。
maid、made、paid、shade、grade 都以 /eɪd/ 结尾，读音相近；注意 housemaid 的重音在 house- 上，所以它们不完全与 housemaid 押韵。said 拼写也含 -aid，但发音为 /sed/，不可读作 /seɪd/。
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