After at least eight rings, an ancient-sounding maid answered the phone.(电话至少八声后,一位听上去很老的女仆接了。)
When the maid was leaving the room, she murmured: "That's a silly bother!"(女佣人离开房间时,她低声说:“真讨厌!”)
Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as the modem woman depended on no personal maid to dress her.(由于现代妇女没有贴身女仆来为她们穿衣,所以衣服(被设计成)简单、实用且方便的。)
The maid heard someone standing at the house-door, knocking.(女佣听到有人站在门口敲门。)
The maid lowered her chin and simpered.(侍女低头傻笑了一下。)
Following the maid, they found themselves in the study.(跟着女仆,她们发现自己在书房里。)
Once a week, a maid changes the sheets.(女仆每个星期换一次床单。)
They who would eat bread should first earn it, away with the kitchen-maid!(谁要吃面包必须首先挣得它,去做厨房女佣吧!)
If it wasn't, it was little Betty Butterworth, the scullery-maid.(如果不是,那就是贝蒂·巴特沃思,洗涤室的小女佣。)
Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.(阿历克丝认为自己是个老姑娘的想法还太早了点。)