governess是什么意思？

governess

英[ˈgʌvənəs] 美[ˈgʌvərnəs]

• n. 女家庭教师，女统治者，女总督，保姆；

复数：governesses;

例句

• My little girl does not go to school;she has a governess. 我的小女儿没有上学, 她有位家庭女教师。
• I'm from the convent. I'm the new governess, Captain. 我从修道院来, 是新来的家庭教师, 上校.
• You mean you don't know anything about being a governess? 你是说,你一点也不知道怎么当家庭教师 吗 ?
• I'm afraid you don't look very much like a governess. 恐怕你也不怎么像家庭教师.
• Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies. 要求家庭女教师教会我们英国贵妇般的谈吐。
• ...the Swiss governess in charge of the smaller children. 负责照管小一些的孩子的瑞士女家庭教师

同义词

• n.
  governess的同义词之：家庭女教师,保姆
  instructress, tutoress, nanny, duenna, nursemaid, nurse,

英语六级真题

I've been assigned to cover the governess speech today.
出自-2014年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  家庭女教师
  A governess is a woman who is employed by a family to live with them and educate their children.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  女家庭教师
  My little girl does not go to school;she has a governess. 我的小女儿没有上学, 她有位家庭女教师。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)