英 [ˈwɒʃˌwʊmən] 美 [ˈwɔːʃˌwʊmən]
n. 洗衣女工；洗衣妇（等于 washerwoman）
复数washwomen
a working woman who takes in washing
同义词： washerwoman / laundrywoman / laundress
... vanish vi.消失 washwoman n.洗衣妇 weathered a.饱经风霜的 ...
On one such day the washwoman, now nearly eighty years old, came to our house.
就在那么冷的一天里，那位快八十岁的洗衣妇来到了我们的住处。
It was a point of honour with the washwoman to return the wash to its rightful owner.
对那个洗衣妇来说把所洗的衣物归还给原主是个信誉问题。
But this washwoman, small and thin as she was, possessed a strength that came from generations of peasant ancestors.
可是这位洗衣妇，尽管个子又瘦又小，却具有从她们世代农民祖先那里继承来的强健体魄。