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ladies-in-waiting

/ley-deez-in-wey-ting/US // ˈleɪ diz ɪnˈweɪ tɪŋ //

侍女,侍女们,侍从女郎,侍从夫人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : plural of lady-in-waiting.

Examples

  • Should lightning strike and Hillary Clinton forgoes a presidential run, Democrats have a nominee in waiting.

  • This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.

  • Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

  • A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.

  • The first day of Liberty, I was hanging around waiting for Ford to come in.

  • Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.

  • There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.

  • There were three young men and four young ladies, of whom three, including myself, were Americans.

  • We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.

  • At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.