" Can't you fix them with a charm or something? " he asked the matron.

“你不可以用一魔咒或什么把他治好吗？”他问庞弗雷夫人。

" We be not here afore Mrs. Yeobright after all, " said Fairway, recognizing the matron's bonnet through the glass partition which divided the public apartment they had entered from the room where the women sat.

“约布赖特太太到底还是在我们前面，”费尔韦说，他们进入的这间外屋女人坐着的房间用一块玻璃隔开，费尔韦透过玻璃，认出了约布赖特太太的女帽。

Barbara's twin and matron of honor, Today correspondent Jenna Bush Hager, described it on-air as a very secret wedding, a little bit like my elusive sister.

芭芭拉的双胞胎姐妹兼伴娘、《今日》杂志记者詹娜·布什·哈格在节目中说: “这是一场非常秘密的婚礼，有点像我那捉摸不定的妹妹。”

Snacks are served along with a chat with the matron of the house who's always there for the boys and is also in charge of the household and laundry.

书院会提供茶点，学生们还可以书院女管家聊天。她对男生们关怀备至，同时负责管理内务洗衣事务。

A beverage that only the well-to-do could afford to drink in 1700 was by 1800 consumed by virtually everyone, from the society matron to the factory worker.

在1700年代，茶是只有富裕阶才能喝得起的饮品，到了1800年，从社会主妇到工厂工人，几乎人人都喝得起了。

His mother was an Upper East Side Manhattan matron who wore white gloves when she went out, and his father was a proper Wall Street lawyer.

他的母亲是曼哈顿上东区一位很有身份的夫人，出门会戴上白手套！他的父亲是一位体面的华尔街律师。

Typically of Octavian he used this as propaganda against Anthony who dropped his dutiful matron Roman wife Octavia for an ancient Egyptian floozy.

屋大维利用这一点来宣传反对安东尼，指责安东尼抛弃罗马的糟糠之妻奥克塔维亚而去追求一古埃及的荡妇。

“Families need to hire yuesao, or maternity matrons, and nannies, or send them to private childcare centers in the absence of public resources.”

" 在缺乏公共资源的情况下，家庭需要雇或产妇保姆，或把她们送到私人托儿所。"

Every matron, old or young, in Atlanta nursed and did it with an enthusiasm that seemed to Scarlett little short of fanatic.

在亚特兰大，每一位或老或少的已婚妇女都在护理伤员，据思嘉看来几乎要发疯了。

Well, the feeling wasn't mutual. You think I enjoyed sipping tea with these frumpy matrons who wore loud poly-blend pantsuits?

但我感觉并不如此。你以为我真的很喜欢这些不见世面的穿尼龙套装的老女人一起喝茶吗？

Madam Pomfrey, the matron, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students.

教工和学生中间突然流行起了感冒，弄得护士长庞弗雷夫人手忙脚乱。

Like most other young matrons, Meg began her married life with the determination to be a model housekeeper.

正如大多数别的家庭主妇那样，梅格开始她的婚后生活时下定决心要成为一模范管家。

Persons with any weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits; and the matron who entered now upon the scene could, and usually did, bring her own tone into a company.

凡是有性的人，就同行星一样，总带有他们自身运动轨迹的特定气质。这位刚刚出现在雨冢上的夫人，能够而且通常也确实做到了走到哪里，就把她自己的格调带到他们中间。

" Good afternoon. I have an appointment with a Mrs. Cole, who, I believe, is the matron here? "

“下午好，我跟一位科尔夫人约好了，我想，她是这里的总管吧？”

She fervently wished she had paid more attention to the whispered conversations of matrons on the subject of childbirth.

她真后悔自己以前没有多注意听听那些主妇们谈生孩子的事。

On her left were two matrons, with massive foreheads and bonnets to match, discussing Women's Rights and making tatting.

她左边是位家庭主妇，头戴跟她们的硕大前额相称的无边女帽，一面讨论着女权问题，一面干着编织活。

" And God only knows, " thought Scarlett, listening obediently to her mother's soft voice, " matrons never have any fun at all. So widows might as well be dead" .

曾经告诉她做寡妇最容易遭人非议，所以她的行为举止必须比一少奶奶更加倍小心才好。

On their regular afternoons at home, Atlanta matrons were in anguish from four to six o'clock for fear Melanie and Scarlett would call at the same time India and her loyal kin were in their parlors.

亚特兰大的主妇们每天下午在家时，特别是从四点到六点的时候，便非常着急，因为生怕媚兰和思嘉前来拜访时恰好英迪亚和她的好友还待在客厅里。

Ellen had hinted before the wedding that marriage was something women must bear with dignity and fortitude, and the whispered comments of other matrons since her widowhood had confirmed this.

她举行婚礼之前，母亲曾含蓄地告诉她，结婚是女人必须庄严而坚决地忍受的某种事件，后来她当了寡妇，别的已婚妇女时常悄悄说的一些话更加证实了这一点，思嘉很高兴，自己在**和结婚方面总算已经过关了。

As she had hoped, he was still in the front driveway bidding good-by to departing matrons and children.

原来正如她所希望的，他还在前面车前上给好些离去的太太和孩子送别呢。