housekeeper是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 看门人， 保姆，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The snow of the little quadrangle before the house was lit up by a light in the bedroom windows of his old nurse, Agafea Mihalovna, who performed the duties of housekeeper in his house.
-- "It'll be all the better, Agafea Mihalovna, it won't mildew, even though our ice has begun to thaw already, so that we've no cool cellar to store it," said Kitty, at once divining her husband's motive, and addressing the old housekeeper with the same feeling; "but your pickle's so good, that mamma says she never tasted any like it," she added, smiling, and putting her kerchief straight.
-- Darya Alexandrovna watched this luxury which was novel to her, and as a good housekeeper used to managing a household--although she never dreamed of adapting anything she saw to her own household, as it was all in a style of luxury far above her own manner of living--she could not help scrutinizing every detail, and wondering how and by whom it was all done.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In the fortnight he was called only once: for the sick-headache of Miss Agnes Ingleblad, aunt and housekeeper of Alec Ingleblad the barber.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She had a little basket-trifle hanging at her side, with keys in it;and she looked as staid and as discreet a housekeeper as the oldhouse could have.
-- 'His housekeeper must be in his house, you know.'
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr. Elton, I must beg leave to stop at your house, and ask your housekeeper for a bit of ribband or string, or any thing just to keep my boot on.'
-- The room they were taken into was the one he chiefly occupied, and looking forwards; behind it was another with which it immediately communi-cated; the door between them was open, and Emma passed into it with the housekeeper to receive her assistance in the most comfortable manner.
-- It was not closed, however, it still remained ajar; but by engaging the housekeeper in incessant conver-sation, she hoped to make it practicable for him to chuse his own subject in the adjoining room.
-- And, by the bye, can I or my housekeeper be of any use to you with our opinion? Pray be sincere, Knightley.
-- Emma, on reaching home, called the housekeeper di-rectly, to an examination of her stores; and some arrowroot 478 Emmaof very superior quality was speedily despatched to Miss Bates with a most friendly note.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And there's another rum thing in his house," proceeded Wemmick, after a moment's pause, as if the remark followed on the housekeeper understood; "he never lets a door or window be fastened at night."
-- It was a noble dish of fish that the housekeeper had put on table, and we had a joint of equally choice mutton afterwards, and then an equally choice bird.
-- No other attendant than the housekeeper appeared.
-- Now the housekeeper was at that time clearing the table; my guardian, taking no heed of her, but with the side of his face turned from her, was leaning back in his chair biting the side of his forefinger and showing an interest in Drummle, that, to me, was quite inexplicable.
-- Only twice more did the housekeeper reappear, and then her stay in the room was very short, and Mr. Jaggers was sharp with her.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The old cook and housekeeper was nearly out of her mind.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Only a dank ride in a motor-car up a dark, damp drive, burrow-ing through gloomy trees, out to the slope of the park where grey damp sheep were feeding, to the knoll where the house spread its dark brown facade, and the housekeeper and her husband were hovering, like unsure tenants on the face of the earth, ready to stammer a welcome.
-- But the housekeeper had served Sir Geoffrey for many years, arid the dried-up, elderly, superlatively cor-rect female you could hardly call her a parlour-maid, or even a woman...who waited at table, had been in the house for forty years.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A certain Mrs Tickit, who was Cook and Housekeeper when the family were at home, and Housekeeper only when the family were away, completed the establishment.
-- He keeps the keys of the Factory, watches it every alternate night, and acts as a sort of housekeeper to it generally; but we have little work in the way of his ingenuity, though we give him what we have.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And he demanded, with a sneer, whether the housekeeper was in the habit of counting the plate at night; because if she didn't find a table-spoon or two missing some sunshiny morning, why, he would be content to--and so forth.
-- Bedwin,' said Mr. Brownlow, when the housekeeper appeared; 'that boy, Oliver, is an imposter.'
-- 'Has his housekeeper gone too?'
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