governesses

英 [ˈgʌvənɪsɪz]

美 [ˈgʌvərnəsɪz]

n.  (尤指旧时的)家庭女教师
governess的复数

柯林斯词典

• 家庭女教师
  Agovernessis a woman who is employed by a family to live with them and educate their children.

双语例句

• 'Well, yes, I suppose so,'I said.'But& why do you want to do this? Isn't it better to work as governesses, in some big fine house?'
  嗯，是啊，我觉得行。我说，不过为什么你想干这个呢？在别人家的大房子里做家庭教师不是更好吗？
• Ha! Don't talk to me about governesses.
  咳！别跟我提家庭教师。
• Different Fates of Two Governesses& Becky Sharp and Jane Eyre
  两位家庭教师的不同命运&评利蓓加·夏泼与简·爱
• There's nothing wrong with the children, only the governesses.
  孩子没怎么，只怪家庭教师。
• That was the next morning, which Rebecca thought was to dawn upon her fortune. Different Fates of Two Governesses& Becky Sharp and Jane Eyre
  那是第二天早上，利蓓加以为她的好日子到了。两位家庭教师的不同命运&评利蓓加·夏泼与简·爱
• Without having worked as governesses themselves, Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon founded what would become Girton College, Cambridge, in1869.
  如果没有家庭教师这份工作，艾米丽·戴维斯和芭芭拉·博迪肯就不可能在1869年创办剑桥格顿学院。
• Are not accustomed to marrying their governesses.
  不应该娶他们的家庭教师。