| 单词 |
taskmistress |
| 释义 |
ˈtaskˌmistress [f. as prec. + mistress n.] A woman (or something personified as female) who assigns tasks, or apportions labour.
1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 150 His taske⁓mistresse Iuno was faine to crie out, Defessa sum iubendo. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. ix. 245 You will consider yourself as the task-mistress, and the..female servants as so many negroes. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam xi. xvii, For which, O willing slaves to Custom old, Severe taskmistress, ye your hearts have sold. 1899Crockett Kit Kennedy 212 Kit knew that his task-mistress was listening. |
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