abigail

[US]/'æbɪ,gel/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (貴婦人的貼身)使女 Abigail 阿比蓋爾(女子名)
Word Forms
複數abigails

Real-world Examples

In the servants’ hall two coachmen and three gentlemen’s gentlemen stood or sat round the fire; the abigails, I suppose, were upstairs with their mistresses; the new servants, that had been hired from Millcote, were bustling about everywhere.

在僕人的大廳裏,兩個馬車伕和三個紳士的紳士們或站着,或坐在火爐旁。我猜阿比蓋爾夫婦和她們的情婦在樓上。從米爾科特那裏僱來的新僕人正忙得不可開交。

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

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