serving wench
collocation侍女;女招待
The serving wench brought us bread and cheese.
侍女给我们端来了面包和奶酪。
少女;姑娘
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少女;姑娘
an informal word for a young woman
The cheerful wench greeted everyone at the village market.
那个快乐的少女在乡村集市上向大家打招呼。
对年轻女性的非正式称呼
informal terms for a (young) woman
Two wenches were chatting by the river while washing clothes.
两个少女在河边洗衣服时聊天。
I saw a wench with a colorful scarf walking down the lane.
我看见一个围着彩色围巾的少女沿小巷走去。
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侍女;女招待
The serving wench brought us bread and cheese.
侍女给我们端来了面包和奶酪。
酒馆女侍
A tavern wench refilled our tankards with ale.
酒馆女侍给我们的酒杯倒满麦酒。
泼辣的姑娘
He asked the saucy wench for a dance, and she laughed at him.
他请那个泼辣的姑娘跳舞,她却嘲笑他。
丰满的姑娘
The old tale describes a buxom wench who chased the miller's son.
那个古老的故事描述了一个丰满的姑娘追求磨坊主的儿子。
敬羞涩的十五岁少女,敬我追求得精疲力竭的姑娘。
This opening couplet of the traditional drinking song "Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen" comes from Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 comic opera The Duenna. Here "wench" is an affectionate, informal word for a young woman.
这首传统祝酒歌《敬羞涩的十五岁少女》的开头两句出自理查德·布林斯利·谢里丹1775年的喜歌剧《杜伊娜》。此处“wench”是对年轻女子亲昵、非正式的称呼。
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读音像‘问去’,想象古代客栈里一位年轻姑娘在问路,wench 就是指这样的姑娘。
语域:informal 常见场景:历史题材作品、旧时文学 该词通常被视为非正式称呼,多用于历史题材或文学作品中;现代日常英语中较少使用,选用时需注意语域。
These words rhyme with wench on the stressed vowel and following /-entʃ/: bench, French, trench, wrench, clench, quench. Beware of similar-looking words with /ɪ/: witch /wɪtʃ/ and winch /wɪntʃ/ do not rhyme. Also note wrench has a silent w and starts with /r/.
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