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lady-in-waiting是什么意思

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lady-in-waiting 是什么意思

名词复数:ladies-in-waiting   

中文翻译与英英解释

(皇后或公主的)亲随,宫廷女侍。
a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess

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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