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shepherdess

/shep-er-dis/US // ˈʃɛp ər dɪs //

牧羊女,牧女,牧羊姑娘,女牧民

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a girl or woman who herds sheep.
    • : a rural girl.

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Examples

  • A little shepherdess is guiding them, as anxious to get them in as they are to enter, for this means the end of her day's work.

  • At forty years of age she still preserved almost all her freshness and could be called "the little Shepherdess of the Alps."

  • Look at Millet's "Shepherdess Spinning," at the head of this chapter, as an example of contre jour.

  • Harlequin had recruited a columbine and a shepherdess, and he introduced these ladies as partners for the promised minuet.

  • The shepherdess wants to be assured of something more substantial than mere affection before she yields to the temptation.