laundress
基本解释
- n. 洗熨衣物的女工
英汉例句
- The masters took advantage of my age-- and then I had my daughter, who was a laundress at the river. She earned a little also.
此外，我从前还有一个女儿，她在河里洗衣服，在这方面她也赚点钱。 - Just because my mother employed a staff that included a cook, a nanny, a laundress, and a chauffeur didn’t mean that we were to expect any of the usual perks.
母亲雇佣了厨师、保姆、洗衣工和司机并不意味着我们能够指望任何常见的特权。 - The laundress looked on in astonishment, but as she had been promised twenty Louis, she made no remark.
那洗衣女露出惊奇的神色，但因为说好她可以拿到二十个路易，所以并不说话。 - Yesterday's long underwear would do, Hopkins thought, and then a jersey that the Jesuit Theologate's laundress had shrunk.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Exiles'