parlourmaid

英式音标：[ˈpɑːləmeɪd]

美式音标：[ˈpɑːrlərmeɪd]

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词义：

n.

（侍候用餐，负责应门等的）客厅女侍；

变形

复数：parlourmaids

英英释义

parlourmaid[ 'pa:ləmeid ]

n.a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door

同义词：parlormaid

用法：

权威例句

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造句：

1. Can you contrive to be here a little earlier?

你能不能早一点来?

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. How could you contrive to make such a mess of things?

你怎么把事情弄得一团糟 呢 ?

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

百物涨价时,她觉得料理家务很难.

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4. They, having first persuaded themselves, contrive to influence their neighbours.

他们首先自己信服了之后, 便设法诱使邻居

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5. We can contrive without meat.

没有肉我们也能设法料理.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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