maid是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 少女， 处女， 女仆，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。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On my presenting myself at Mrs. Brandley's, Estella's maid was called to tell that Estella had gone into the country.
-- There was an air of reservation in the answer which increased my perplexity, and the answer was, that her maid believed she was only coming back at all for a little while.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And when he came into the palace, the flies were sleeping on the walls; the spit was standing still; the butler had the 36 Grimms' Fairy Talesjug of ale at his lips, going to drink a draught; the maid sat with a fowl in her lap ready to be plucked; and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand, as if she was go-ing to beat the boy.
-- And the horses shook themselves, and the dogs jumped up and barked; the pi-geons took their heads from under their wings, and looked about and flew into the fields; the flies on the walls buzzed again; the fire in the kitchen blazed up; round went the jack, and round went the spit, with the goose for the king's din-ner upon it; the butler finished his draught of ale; the maid went on plucking the fowl; and the cook gave the boy the box on his ear.
-- 'Nay,' said the maid, 'if you are thirsty, get off yourself, and stoop down by the water and drink; I shall not be your waiting- maid any longer.'
-- But the maid answered her, and even spoke more haughtily than before: 'Drink if you will, but I shall not be your wait-ing-maid.'
-- Now she was so frightened that she did not see it; but her maid saw it, and was very glad, for she knew the charm; and she saw that the poor bride would be in her power, now that she had lost the hair.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I heard the word Burglum repeated incessantly: sev-eral of the emperor's court, making their way through the crowd, entreated me to come immediately to the palace, where her imperial majesty's apartment was on fire, by the carelessness of a maid of honour, who fell asleep while she was reading a romance.
-- The mistress sent her maid for a small dram cup, which held about two gallons, and filled it with drink; I took up the vessel with much difficulty in both hands, and in a most respectful manner drank to her ladyship's health, express-ing the words as loud as I could in English, which made the company laugh so heartily, that I was almost deafened with the noise.
-- I pointed to the dead rat, smiling, and making other signs to show I was not hurt; whereat she was extremely rejoiced, calling the maid to take up the dead rat with a pair of tongs, and throw it out of the window.
-- A convenient apartment was provided for her at court: she had a sort of governess ap-pointed to take care of her education, a maid to dress her, and two other servants for menial offices; but the care of me was wholly appropriated to herself.
-- I showed him a corn that I had cut off with my own hand, from a maid of honour's toe; it was about the bigness of Kentish pippin, and grown so hard, that when I returned England, I got it hollowed into a cup, and set in silver.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'You'll have your own private apartments, and you'll have your coals and your candles, and all the rest of it, and you'll have your maid to attend upon you, and you'll have your light porter to protect you, and you'll be what I take the liberty of considering precious comfortable,' said Bounderby.
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：
-- Miss Bentley was a shallow old maid with a rather large nose and romantic disposition who served tea with a careful intensity worthy of a sacrament.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Let us take one of those same little children to be a little maid to Pet.
-- A door stood open, and within she saw the attendant upon the girl she had just left; the maid with the curious name.
-- For then the courier (who himself would have been a foreign gentleman of high mark in the Marshalsea) would present himself to report that all was ready; and then her father's valet would pompously induct him into his travelling-cloak; and then Fanny's maid, and her own maid (who was a weight on Little Dorrit's mind absolutely made her cry at first, she knew so little what to do with her), would be in attendance; and then her brother's man would complete his master's equipment; and then her father would give his arm to Mrs General, and her uncle would give his to her, and, escorted by the landlord and Inn servants, they would swoop down-stairs.
-- It only holds two little people less than it ever did, Pet, and her poor unfortunate maid Tattycoram; but it seems empty now.
-- Having embraced her Anchor with great affection, Fanny took a bottle of sweet toilette water from the table, and called to her maid for a fine handkerchief.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I declare, it really seems like being a fine young lady, to come home from the party in a carriage and sit in my dress-ing gown wit a maid to wait on me,' said Meg, as Jo bound up her foot with arnica and brushed her hair.
-- Laurie enjoyed that immensely, and when she told about the prim old gentleman who came once to woo Aunt March, and in the middle of a fine speech, how Poll had tweaked his wig off to his great dismay, the boy lay back and laughed till the tears ran down his cheeks, and a maid popped her head in to see what was the matter.
-- 'The doctor to see you, sir,' and the maid beckoned as she spoke.
-- The hard, bitter feeling was getting pretty bad, when the maid brought in a box of flowers.
-- When that is off we shall see how he regards the fair maid whose heart he can-not win, though her stern father bestows her hand,' returned the troubadour.
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