1640s, with -ess + seamster (also sempster), from Old English seamestre "sewer, tailor, person whose work is sewing," from seam. Originally indicating a woman, but after a while the fem. ending -estre no longer was felt as such and a new one added.
双语例句
1. The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth.
女裁缝把那两块布粗缝了起来.
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2. The seamstress gathered in the cloth.
女裁缝归拢了布料.
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3. The supposed Evremonde descends, and the seamstress is lifted out next after him.
