embroideress
/em-broi-der-is/US // ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər ɪs //
绣花女,绣娘,绣花女郎,刺绣女郎
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a woman who embroiders.
Examples
Doa Paula declared she must have done so; the embroideress wept, and there was a regular scene.
Doa Paula sent for Nieves, the embroideress, and a long conference ensued with closed doors.
Both looked at the embroideress, who raised her head, and seeing that the conversation was about her, she made a face.
The embroideress wore a scarlet sash at her waist, and this remark of her ex-admirer so flustered her that she could not reply.
Why, then, had this skilful embroideress deliberately threaded her needle with a shade of brilliant blue silk?
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