handmaiden是什么意思？

handmaiden

英[ˈhændmeɪdn] 美[ˈhændmeɪdn]

• n. 侍女，女仆；

复数：handmaidens;

例句

• His historical sweep made necessity appear as the handmaiden of the statesman's perception. 他精通历史,好象历史必然性都变成了可供这位远见卓识的政治家差遣的女仆.
• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry. 人们担心的是科学会成为工业的仆人。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  侍女;女仆
  A handmaiden is a female servant.
• N-COUNT
  起服务作用的东西;辅助;支持
  If one thing is the handmaiden of another, the first thing helps the second or makes it possible.
  例句
  The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry. 人们担心的是科学会成为工业的仆人。

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