governess
英['g?v(?)n?s]
美['g?v?n?s]
- n. 女家庭教師
詞態變化
復數:?governesses;
中文詞源
governess 家庭女教師
govern, 管理。-ess, 表女性。用于指家庭女教師。
英文詞源
- governess (n.)
- mid-15c., "female ruler," shortening of governouresse "a woman who rules" (late 14c.), from Old French governeresse "female ruler or administrator" (see governor + -ess). The Latin fem, form was gubernatrix. In the sense of "a female teacher in a private home" governess it is attested from 1712, probably as a fem. of governor in the now-obsolete sense "one who has charge of a young man's education and activities, a tutor" (1570s).
雙語例句
- 1. My little girl does not go to school; she has a governess.
- 我的小女兒沒有上學, 她有位家庭女教師.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He does not like the new governess by a fraction.
- 他一點也不喜歡他的新家庭女教師.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies.
- 要求家庭女教師教會我們英國貴婦般的談吐。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I'm afraid you don't look very much like a governess.
- 恐怕你也不怎么像家庭教師.
來自瘋狂英語突破英語語調
- 5. You mean you don't know anything about being a governess?
- 你是說,你一點也不知道怎么當家庭教師 嗎 ?
來自瘋狂英語突破英語語調