skivvy

英 ['skɪvi] 美 ['skɪvi]

• n. 女佣人；女仆；内衣
• v. 做女佣的工作

英英释义

Noun:

1. a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I'm no better than a skivvy in this house.
   我在这个家里与仆人无异。
2. He treats his wife like a skivvy.
   他待妻子就跟对奴仆似的。

用作动词 (v.)

1. She refused to skivvy for the whole family.
   她不肯给全家当仆人。

经典引文

• The house in which she skivvied was stuck in..the country.

  出自： A. Carter

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