中文翻译与英英解释 | a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
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A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman from a family highly thought of in good society, but was of lower rank than the woman whom she attended. |
例句与用法 | 1. | "we have been gazing at these wonders too long," she said to her lady-in-waiting . “我们观赏这些奇珍异宝已太久了吧,”她对侍女说。
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