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maid

[meɪd] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. поэт. дева, девушка
2. уст. дева, девственница
3. служанка, горничная; прислуга
гл.
служить горничной, работать прислугой; прислуживать кому-л.

Biology (En-Ru)

maid

англ.

молодой скат

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He knows I am no maid, and he'll swear to't:
Что я не девушка - он может клясться;
Shakespeare, William / Alls Wel that ends WellШекспир, Вильям / Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Шекспир, Вильям
© Издательство "ACADEMIA", 1937
Alls Wel that ends Well
Shakespeare, William
© Susan Snyder 1993

Corrupt the tender honour of a maid;
Честь девушки невинной совратить.
Shakespeare, William / Alls Wel that ends WellШекспир, Вильям / Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Шекспир, Вильям
© Издательство "ACADEMIA", 1937
Alls Wel that ends Well
Shakespeare, William
© Susan Snyder 1993

A middle-aged man followed her; the head of a maid-servant was visible over their shoulders.
Мужчина пожилых лет выступал за нею следом; голова служанки мелькнула у него за плечами.
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
Вешние воды
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Torrents of Spring
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

B.B. never came for sex. After a couple of months, by which time Desiree had become a kind of live-in maid, it was clear that he wasn’t going to.
За расплатой Б.Б. так и не пришел, а пару месяцев спустя, когда Дезире уже вполне вжилась в роль горничной, она поняла, что ничего подобного от нее уже и не потребуют.
Liss, David / The Ethical AssassinЛисс, Дэвид / Этичный убийца
Этичный убийца
Лисс, Дэвид
© К. Тверьянович, перевод, 2008
© Издательский дом "Азбука-классика", 2008
© 2006 by David Liss
The Ethical Assassin
Liss, David
© 2006 by David Liss

Agasha, her favourite maid, came in.
Явилась Агаша, любимая ее горничная.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

A maid opened the door for the prince (Nastasia's servants were all females) and, to his surprise, received his request to announce him to her mistress without any astonishment.
Князя встретила девушка (прислуга у Настасьи Филипповны постоянно была женская и, к удивлению его, выслушала его просьбу доложить о нем безо всякого недоумения.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

My wife was deprived of an excellent lady's maid; but there was no help for it: immorality cannot be tolerated in a household in any case.
Жена моя лишилась отличной горничной, но делать было нечего: беспорядок в доме терпеть, однако же, нельзя.
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

'Why, that died last year in Bolhov ... that is, at Karatchev, an old maid....
– А вот, что в запрошлом году умерла, под Волковым… то бишь под Карачевым, в девках…
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

The maid is prepared to swear that those were the exact words.
Служанка готова поклясться, что это его точные слова.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Adventure of the Golden Pince-nezКонан Дойль, Артур / Пенсне в золотой оправе
Пенсне в золотой оправе
Конан Дойль, Артур
© издательство "Слог", 1993
© перевод Н. Санникова
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-nez
Conan Doyle, Arthur

It was but a case of appearing daily in the carriage, for no one need enter her room save the maid.
Для этого следовало ежедневно появляться в коляске во время прогулки. В комнату к сестре никто не входил, кроме горничной.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Adventure of Shoscombe Old PlaceКонан Дойль, Артур / Загадка поместья Шоскомб
Загадка поместья Шоскомб
Конан Дойль, Артур
© 1992, издательство "Слог"
© 1992, перевод В. Ильина
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
Conan Doyle, Arthur

As we were talking, a knock came to the studio door, and that summons was followed by the entrance of the maid, who said to Clive: "If you please, sir, Mrs. Mackenzie says, how long are you a-going to keep the dinner waiting?"
Пока шел этот разговор, в дверь мастерской постучались, и вошедшая служанка обратилась к Клайву со следующими словами: - Извините, сэр, но миссис Маккензи желает знать, долго ли еще дожидаться вас с обедом.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The NewcomesТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Ньюкомы
Ньюкомы
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Newcomes
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 1898, by Harper & Brothers

One day, about a week after their piece of good luck, a maid brought a letter for Miss Lydia to her room.
Однажды, приблизительно через неделю после свалившейся на них удачи, прислуга принесла в комнату мисс Лидии письмо на ее имя.
O.Henry / The Duplicity of HargravesГенри, О. / Коварство Харгрэвса
Коварство Харгрэвса
Генри, О.
The Duplicity of Hargraves
O.Henry

Certainly it would not do; children come - and one thing and the other - and how is a lady's maid to look after her mistress as she ought, to fit in with her ways; she is no longer able to do it; her mind is in other things.
Оно и точно не годится: пойдут дети, то, се, – ну, где ж тут горничной присмотреть за барыней как следует, наблюдать за ее привычками: ей уж не до того, у ней уж не то на уме.
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

Sometimes she felt as if there was nothing to be expected from her. She was twenty-five now, and must be fated to be an old maid, and "with such beauty, too!"
То казалось ей, что уж совсем "пропала девка"; двадцать пять лет, - стало быть и останется в девках. И "при такой красоте"!..
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

She merely proposed herself for your maid, you know.
Просто она хотела наняться к вам в горничные.
Dickens, Charles / Bleak HouseДиккенс, Чарльз / Холодный дом
Холодный дом
Диккенс, Чарльз
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1960
Bleak House
Dickens, Charles
© 1894, by Macmillan & Co.

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meɪdNounдева; девушка

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1.
горничная
translation added by Alex Hrypun
Bronze en-ru
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Collocations

lady's maid

камеристка

maid of honour

подружка невесты

maid of honour

фрейлина

maid-of-all-work

прислуга, выполняющая всю работу

old maid

старая дева

old maid

вековуха

lady's maid

горничная

old maid

девица

maid-servants' room

девичья

dairy maid

коровница

poultry woman / maid

птичница

scullery maid

судомойка

scullery maid

посудомойка

kitchen maid

кухарка

Maid of Orleans

Жанна д'Арк

Word forms

maid

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	maid	maids
Possessive case	maid's	maids'

maid

verb

Basic forms
Past	maided
Imperative	maid
Present Participle (Participle I)	maiding
Past Participle (Participle II)	maided

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I maid	we maid
you maid	you maid
he/she/it maids	they maid

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am maiding	we are maiding
you are maiding	you are maiding
he/she/it is maiding	they are maiding

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have maided	we have maided
you have maided	you have maided
he/she/it has maided	they have maided

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been maiding	we have been maiding
you have been maiding	you have been maiding
he/she/it has been maiding	they have been maiding

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I maided	we maided
you maided	you maided
he/she/it maided	they maided

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was maiding	we were maiding
you were maiding	you were maiding
he/she/it was maiding	they were maiding

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had maided	we had maided
you had maided	you had maided
he/she/it had maided	they had maided

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been maiding	we had been maiding
you had been maiding	you had been maiding
he/she/it had been maiding	they had been maiding

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will maid	we shall/will maid
you will maid	you will maid
he/she/it will maid	they will maid

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be maiding	we shall/will be maiding
you will be maiding	you will be maiding
he/she/it will be maiding	they will be maiding

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have maided	we shall/will have maided
you will have maided	you will have maided
he/she/it will have maided	they will have maided

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been maiding	we shall/will have been maiding
you will have been maiding	you will have been maiding
he/she/it will have been maiding	they will have been maiding

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would maid	we should/would maid
you would maid	you would maid
he/she/it would maid	they would maid

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be maiding	we should/would be maiding
you would be maiding	you would be maiding
he/she/it would be maiding	they would be maiding

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have maided	we should/would have maided
you would have maided	you would have maided
he/she/it would have maided	they would have maided

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been maiding	we should/would have been maiding
you would have been maiding	you would have been maiding
he/she/it would have been maiding	they would have been maiding

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am maided	we are maided
you are maided	you are maided
he/she/it is maided	they are maided

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being maided	we are being maided
you are being maided	you are being maided
he/she/it is being maided	they are being maided

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been maided	we have been maided
you have been maided	you have been maided
he/she/it has been maided	they have been maided

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was maided	we were maided
you were maided	you were maided
he/she/it was maided	they were maided

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being maided	we were being maided
you were being maided	you were being maided
he/she/it was being maided	they were being maided

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been maided	we had been maided
you had been maided	you had been maided
he/she/it had been maided	they had been maided

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be maided	we shall/will be maided
you will be maided	you will be maided
he/she/it will be maided	they will be maided

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been maided	we shall/will have been maided
you will have been maided	you will have been maided
he/she/it will have been maided	they will have been maided

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maid

Biology (En-Ru)

maid

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maid

maid

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