加ess后綴的單詞有:
sadness 悲哀;
homeless 無家可歸的;
priceless 無價的;
craziness 發狂;
hopeless 絕望;
citizeness 女公民;
manageress 女經理;
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“女詩人”有點兒貶義嗎?
She seemed less like a poetess than a distracted housewife.
她似乎不像個女詩人,更像一個心煩意亂的家庭主婦。
I'll ask the waitress for the bill.
我要讓女服務員拿賬單來。
The waitress approached Picone with a cordless phone.
女服務員拿著無繩電話向皮科內走來。
I did some waitressing when I was a student.
我當學生時做過侍應生。
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員。