Word · Frequency #36637
maidservant
/ˈmeidsəːvənt/
noun
女仆；女佣
a female domestic servant
- 1.
A female servant; a maid.
女性仆人；女佣。
女性仆人；女佣。；女仆；女佣
In use
The maidservant lights the fire in the hall every morning.
They hired a maidservant to clean the house and cook meals.
In the old story, the maidservants worked from dawn until dusk.
a maidservant
不定冠词a表示泛指。
The family hired a maidservant.
这家人雇佣了一个女仆。
the maidservant
定冠词the表示特指。
The maidservant cleaned the room.
女仆打扫了房间。
maidservant of [someone]
of表示所属关系。
She was a maidservant of the queen.
她是女王的女仆。
Common mistakes
She works as maidservant.She works as a maidservant.
英语中可数名词单数前通常需要不定冠词"a"或"an"，表示泛指。
There are two maidservant in the kitchen.There are two maidservants in the kitchen.
可数名词复数形式需加-s或-es，此处maidservant的复数为maidservants。
Connections
Learner notes
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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