Word · Frequency #5166
maid
女仆；女佣
a female servant who works in a household
- 1.
An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
成年或青少年女性仆人或清洁工(女仆的简称)
- 2.
a female domestic
女仆；女佣
- 3.
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
未婚少女；处女
成年或青少年女性仆人或清洁工(女仆的简称)；未婚少女；处女；少女；未婚女子；女仆
In use
The maid cleaned the hotel room every morning.
They hired a maid to help with the housework.
The head maid showed the new staff how to make the beds.
the/a maid + verb
The maid dusted the shelves.
女仆掸了架子上的灰尘。
work as a maid
注意'work as a maid'是固定搭配。
She works as a maid in a hotel.
她在酒店当女仆。
hire a maid
We hired a maid to clean the house twice a week.
我们雇了一个女仆每周打扫两次房子。
Connections
Collocations
- maid of honor
- 伴娘
- She was the maid of honor at her sister's wedding.她姐姐结婚时她是伴娘。
- old maid
- 老处女
- She's still unmarried at 50, and some people call her an old maid.她50岁还未婚，有些人叫她老处女。
- maid service
- 客房服务
- The hotel offers daily maid service.这家酒店提供每日客房服务。
- work as a maid
- 做女仆
- She works as a maid in a large hotel.她在一家大酒店做女仆。
- kitchen maid
- 厨房女佣
- The kitchen maid was busy preparing vegetables.厨房女佣正忙着准备蔬菜。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
音同'made'，想象女仆（maid）把房间打扫得干干净净，就像被制作（made）过一样。
Context & Register
语域：中性；典型语境：家庭雇佣、历史文学作品。多用于指女仆，日常口语中较少见，较正式或具有古典色彩。
Grammar Note
also: young unmarried woman, female servant
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words paid, laid, made, raid, braid, and fade all rhyme with maid (pronounced /meɪd/). Note that 'said' is a common lookalike but is pronounced /sɛd/, not a rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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