sempstress

英語

詞源

源自sempster +‎ -ess。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈsɛmpstɹɪs/

名詞

sempstress (複數 sempstresses)

1. 女裁縫

   近義詞：seamstress

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, 章號 17, 出自 The Mirror and the Lamp:

     This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.

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   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 950:

     They were composed of a heterogeneous collection of men and women of the lower layers of society, workmen, sempstresses, night watchmen, farm-hands, mechanics and railway-workers – a laic image in sharp contrast to the bourgeois image produced in the cathedral.