governess
governess 英 [ˈgʌvənəs] 美 [ˈgʌvərnəs]
n. 女家庭教师
名词复数:governesses
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- n. 女家庭教师
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1. Five daughters brought up at home without a governess!
家里教养着五个姑娘，却不请个女家庭教师！
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2. So the people of the manor lived peacefully, and Lizette’s governess taught her painting and piano and herbalism and manners, and her Grandfather taught her romping and riding and forestry.
于是人们在庄园里过着安静祥和的生活。 莉莎特的家庭女教师教她绘画、钢琴、草药和礼仪，祖父则教她玩耍、骑术以及森林学。
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3. Readers and some critics were scandalised by the story of a young, plain governess who falls in love with her Byronic employer, unaware that he already has a mad wife incarcerated in the attic.
读者和一些评论家都对书中的故事感到震惊，在书中一个年轻、普通的女家庭教师爱上了她傲慢的雇主，却不知道他有一个疯妻子被关在阁楼里。
- governess (n.) mid-15c., "female ruler," shortening of governouresse "a woman who rules" (late 14c.), from Old French governeresse "female ruler or administrator" (see governor + -ess). The Latin fem, form was gubernatrix. In the sense of "a female teacher in a private home" governess it is attested from 1712, probably as a fem. of governor in the now-obsolete sense "one who has charge of a young man's education and activities, a tutor" (1570s).
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