needlewoman
/need-l-woom-uhn/US // ˈnid lˌwʊm ən //UK // (ˈniːdəlˌwʊmən) //
女针匠,女针线员,女针头,女针线师
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural nee·dle·wom·en.
- : a woman who does needlework.
Examples
Encarnacian was a needlewoman too; she was a great, strong, bouncing girl with a vulgar face.
Owing to the clumsiness of her wooden fingers, the woman of the south was a poor needlewoman, but was a fine dancer.
Neither was I very much downcast at my failures in this field; I was not an ambitious needlewoman.
This is not the moment to urge upon the needlewoman the study of design, but to urge upon the designer the study of stitches.
The needlewoman has preferred to sew over the raw edges of the stuff, and give us a perfect piece of Fretwork in linen.
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