maid
gb/mˈeɪd/ us/mˈeɪd/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 2100
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
female household worker
A woman who works in someone’s home to clean, cook, or take care of it.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] works as a maid
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'maid' with 'made', which is the past tense of 'make'. Also, some learners may not realize 'maid' usually refers to a female worker.
คำพ้องความหมาย
housekeeper (Often broader and may include managing the household, not just cleaning.)
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domestic worker (More formal and gender-neutral term for someone doing household work.)
คำตรงข้าม
employer (The person who hires and pays the maid; opposite role in employment.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
hotel maid
|cleaning maid
|maid service
|live-in maid
|house maid
หัวข้อ
daily life
|employment
|home
|daily_life
|work
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The hotel maid changed the sheets every morning.
- They hired a maid to help with the cleaning.
- Her family could not afford a live-in maid.
- The maid polished the silverware before dinner.
- As a maid, she worked long hours for little pay.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The maid cleans the house.
- A maid works in a hotel.
- We have a maid who comes once a week.
- The maid washes the floor.
- She is a maid in that big house.
คำนาม
literary
B2
entity
2
young unmarried woman
A young woman who has not married, used mainly in old stories or poems.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think this meaning is common in modern speech, but it is mostly used in literature or historical contexts.
คำพ้องความหมาย
maiden (A more common literary synonym for an unmarried young woman.)
คำตรงข้าม
wife (A married woman; opposite marital status.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
fair maid
|village maid
หัวข้อ
relationships
|literature
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The fair maid waited for her true love by the shore.
- In the ballad, the maid is rescued by a knight.
- He wrote a poem about a village maid.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The story is about a young maid.
- A knight loves the maid.
- The maid lives in the village.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
maid
IPA
GB/mˈeɪd/
US/mˈeɪd/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
maid (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (maid)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: maid
- Plural: maids
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
maids
noun
Related words
housemaid
noun
chambermaid
noun
Advanced or less common
maidservant
noun
maiden
noun B2
วลีและสำนวน
maid of honor
1/mˈeɪd əv ˈɑnɚ/
fixed phrase
chief bridesmaid at wedding
The main bridesmaid who helps the bride at her wedding.
ตัวอย่าง
- Her sister was the maid of honor at the ceremony.
- As maid of honor, she organized the bridal shower.
maid service
1/mˈeɪd sˈɚvɪs/
fixed phrase
cleaning service by maids
A service where maids clean rooms or homes, often in hotels.
ตัวอย่าง
- Our hotel offers daily maid service.
- We pay extra for weekly maid service at our apartment.
old maid
1/ˈoʊld mˈeɪd/
fixed phrase
informal
unmarried older woman
An older woman who has never married, often used in an outdated or unkind way.
ตัวอย่าง
- She feared becoming an old maid if she didn’t marry soon.
- The term 'old maid' is considered rude today.