“barmaid”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

barmaid

释义

barmaid|ˈbɑːmeɪd|
[f. bar n.¹ 28.]
A female who sells food and drink at the bar of a tavern or hotel. Also attrib. and fig.
a1658[see stroke v.¹ 4].1772Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. Epil., Th' unblushing Bar⁓maid at a country inn.1837Dickens Pickw. (1847) 9/2 The bar-maid had positively refused to draw him any more liquor.1880Lady Jebb Let. 3 June (1960) 159 She is lovelier than ever, in an exquisite highbred way, which throws such a barmaid beauty as Mrs. Fred. Myers completely in the shade.1911Masefield Everl. Mercy 24 And then men ask, Are Barmaids chaste?
Hence barmaidenly a.
1881Daily News 8 June 5 Bar-maidenly in their conception of polished badinage.1905G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 11 Feb. 170/2 The merry lady with her barmaidenly repartees.1932Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Oct. 776/4 She was what some one once styled a ‘barmaidenly maiden’.

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