加ess后綴的單詞有:
sadness 悲哀;
homeless 無(wú)家可歸的;
priceless 無(wú)價(jià)的;
craziness 發(fā)狂;
hopeless 絕望;
citizeness 女公民;
manageress 女經(jīng)理;
authoress 女作家
actress 女演員;
waitress 女侍者;
address 地址。
例句:
Isn't there a suggestion that 'poetess' is slightly pejorative?
難道沒有人提出“女詩(shī)人”有點(diǎn)兒貶義嗎?
She seemed less like a poetess than a distracted housewife.
她似乎不像個(gè)女詩(shī)人,更像一個(gè)心煩意亂的家庭主婦。
I'll ask the waitress for the bill.
我要讓女服務(wù)員拿賬單來。
The waitress approached Picone with a cordless phone.
女服務(wù)員拿著無(wú)繩電話向皮科內(nèi)走來。
I did some waitressing when I was a student.
我當(dāng)學(xué)生時(shí)做過侍應(yīng)生。
I was still working on and off as a waitress to support myself
我為了糊口仍然間或去做服務(wù)員。