lady-in-waiting中文什么意思

(皇后或公主的)亲随，宫廷女侍。

• lady in waiting:    女王或公主之侍女
• no waiting:    不准等候; 不准停车等候
• waiting:    n. 等，等候，等待；侍候，服侍。 ...

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。

英文释义

名词

1. a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess

百科释义

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.