Word · Frequency #22861
housemaids
女佣
housemaids is the plural of housemaid.
a female domestic servant
- 1.
A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
负责打扫房屋的女性家务工
负责打扫房屋的女性家务工
In use
The housemaid dusted the furniture every morning.
They hired two housemaids to manage the large house.
The old housemaid retired after thirty years of service.
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。
housemaid for [family]
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。
employ a housemaid
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。
Common mistakes
There are three housemaid in the room.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。
She works as housemaid.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”。
She housemaids for a rich family.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。
Connections
Collocations
- housemaid's knee
- 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）。
- housemaid's closet
- 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。
- housemaid's sink
- 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。
- work as a housemaid
- 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。
- employ a housemaid
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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