handmaidens

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n.  女用人; 侍女; 根基; 基础
handmaiden的复数

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。

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