seamstress
英 ['siːmstrɪs]
美['simstrəs]
- n. 女裁缝师;做针线活的妇女
词态变化
复数: seamstresses;
中文词源
seamstress 女裁缝
来自古英语 seamestre,女裁缝,来自 seam,裁缝,-ster,表阴性,词源同 spinster.后该词性别指 示逐渐消失,为避免歧义,又附加后缀-ess,表阴性。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth.
- 女裁缝把那两块布粗缝了起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The seamstress gathered in the cloth.
- 女裁缝归拢了布料.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The supposed Evremonde descends, and the seamstress is lifted out next after him.
- 被当作是埃佛瑞蒙德的人下了车, 女裁缝也跟着被扶了下来.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- 4. My mother is the best seamstress in town.
- 我母亲可是这镇上最好的女裁缝哦!
来自电影对白
- 5. Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?
- 这位女裁缝在下星期之前能给我做出一套衣服 吗 ?
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