(noun.) a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home).
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双语例句
Presently, without preface or prelude, she said, almost in the tone of one making an accusation, Meess, in England you were a governess? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Five daughters brought up at home without a governess! 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
I am a governess myself. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Shirley never laughed at her former governess; even the little formalities and harmless peculiarities of that lady were respectable in her eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Governess, or something of that sort. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
You are better placed _here_; very fit for a wife, but not at all for a governess. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
And I must say I think Mary Garth a dreadful plain girl--more fit for a governess. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
A governess is all very well, but I'd rather have a lady for my sister-in-law. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
One day, a young gentleman, who was nephew to my nurse's governess, came and pressed them both to see an execution. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
What would your governess and your uncle say to see them used for such a purpose? 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
Gentlemen in his station are not accustomed to marry their governesses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
I don't trust them governesses, Pinner, she remarked to the maid. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Governesses,' she observed, 'must ever be kept in a sort of isolation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
My dearest, don't mention governesses; the word makes me nervous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
He never reproves and reproves, as girls' governesses do. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Are they to be shirt-makers, or governesses? 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Oh, governesses--or widows. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Sir Pitt might have said he and his family, to be sure; but rich baronets do not need to be careful about grammar, as poor governesses must be. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
It is not in your nature to bear the desolate life governesses generally lead; you would fall ill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Not three in three thousand raw school-girl-governesses would have answered me as you have just done. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
You will give up your governessing slavery at once. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.