washerwoman

noun

1. （旧时的）洗衣女工
   a woman in the past whose job was to wash clothes, etc. for other people

1. He had but three shirts, one on his person, the second in the commode, and the third in the washerwoman's hands.
   他只有三件衬衫，一件穿在身上，一件放在抽斗里，一件在洗衣妇人那里。
2. Which wishy-washy washerwoman wants to watch?
   哪一个软弱无力的洗衣女工想要看？
3. No man except the sailors who stuffed me in that barrel, the cabin boy who cleaned up after me, the girl you sent to warm my bed, and that treacherous freckled washerwoman.
   是的，除了把我塞进酒桶的水手，打扫船舱的男孩，你派给我暖床的女孩，还有那个长舌的洗衣婆。
4. If I drop ice cream on the neck of a poor washerwoman people will pity her, while if I drop it on a rich woman's neck they will laugh.
   如果冰淇淋落到贫穷洗衣妇的颈上，大家会同情她，落到富家女颈上，大家会大笑。
5. A washerwoman hangs diaphanous saris to dry on the mortared walls of a house in India.
   印度的一个洗衣妇女把精致的莎丽挂在一座房子的灰泥墙架子上晾干。

noun

1. a working woman who takes in washing

   Synonym:    washwomanlaundrywomanlaundress