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schoolmistress

/skool-mis-tris/US // ˈskulˌmɪs trɪs //UK // (ˈskuːlˌmɪstrɪs) //

女教师,女校长,校长,女学生

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.

Examples

  • Mistress Maria Kent was sitting on the porch at her pretty little home, the picture of an old-time schoolmistress.

  • And this was the correct schoolmistress, the preceptress and example of all the virtues!

  • The child, having conceived a great fondness for her schoolmistress, wished to please the latter by attention to her lessons.

  • "Come home, Henrietta," said Periwinkle, and she marched Henrietta out the door under the very eyes of the schoolmistress.

  • It was, perhaps, characteristic of the little old schoolmistress to show no interest whatever.