laundress

1. The laundress looked on in astonishment, but as she had been promised twenty louis, she made no remark.
   那洗衣女露出惊奇的神色，但因为说好她可以拿到二十个路易，所以并不说话。
2. She affirmed that the British laundress was not a mistress of her art.
   她还断言，英国的洗衣妇没有掌握这一行的本领。
3. Bacon tumbled over the laundress's buckets in the passage through which he had to pass.
   洗衣妇的水桶挡住了培根的必经之路，使他差一点绊倒。

noun

1. a working woman who takes in washing

   Synonym:    washwomanwasherwomanlaundrywoman