seamstress
英 ['si?mstr?s]
美['simstr?s]
- n. 女裁縫師；做針線活的婦女
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?seamstresses;
中文詞源
seamstress 女裁縫
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) seamestre,女裁縫，來(lái)自 seam,裁縫，-ster,表陰性，詞源同 spinster.后該詞性別指 示逐漸消失，為避免歧義，又附加后綴-ess,表陰性。
英文詞源
- seamstress (n.)
- 1640s, with -ess + seamster (also sempster), from Old English seamestre "sewer, tailor, person whose work is sewing," from seam. Originally indicating a woman, but after a while the fem. ending -estre no longer was felt as such and a new one added.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth.
- 女裁縫把那兩塊布粗縫了起來(lái).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. The seamstress gathered in the cloth.
- 女裁縫歸攏了布料.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The supposed Evremonde descends, and the seamstress is lifted out next after him.
- 被當(dāng)作是埃佛瑞蒙德的人下了車(chē), 女裁縫也跟著被扶了下來(lái).
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 雙城記
- 4. My mother is the best seamstress in town.
- 我母親可是這鎮(zhèn)上最好的女裁縫哦!
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白
- 5. Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?
- 這位女裁縫在下星期之前能給我做出一套衣服 嗎 ?
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)