handmaiden

英 [ˈhændmeɪdn]

美 [ˈhændmeɪdn]

n.  女用人; 侍女; 根基; 基础

复数：handmaidens　

BNC.35936 / COCA.26071

牛津词典

noun

• 女用人；侍女
  a female servant
• 根基；基础
  something that supports and helps sth else
  1. Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences.
     数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。

柯林斯词典

• 侍女;女仆
  Ahandmaidenis a female servant.
• N-COUNT 起服务作用的东西;辅助;支持
  If one thing is thehandmaiden ofanother, the first thing helps the second or makes it possible.
  1. The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry.
     人们担心的是科学会成为工业的仆人。

英英释义

noun

• a personal maid or female attendant
  Synonym:handmaid
• in a subordinate position
  1. theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
  2. the state cannot be a servant of the church
  Synonym:handmaidservant

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