handmaidens是什么意思？

handmaidens

• n. 侍女，女仆( handmaiden的名词复数 )；

例句

• First Cleopatra's, and then her two handmaidens. 先是克利奥帕特拉, 然后是她的两位女仆.

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。