handmaid是什么意思？

handmaid

英['hændmeɪd] 美['hændmeɪd]

• n. 女佣人，侍女；

例句

• During the Qing Dynasty, philology was a mere handmaid of classical studies. 语言文字学在清代还只是经学的附庸.
• Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. 妇人对他说:“请听婢女的话!”
• The sons of Bilhah ( Rachel's handmaid ) : Dan and Naphtali. 辣黑耳的婢女彼耳哈的儿子: 丹和纳斐塔里.
• The prince had appeared and subjugated the poor little handmaid. 王子出现了,这使穷苦的小丫头不胜仰慕.
• Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory... 写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. in a subordinate position;
  "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics""the state cannot be a servant of the church"
  2. a personal maid or female attendant