A barmaid is a woman whose job is to serve drinks in a bar. She stands at the bar, takes the order, pours the beer or mixes the drink, and hands it over.

A barmaid女酒保is a woman whose job is to serve drinks in a bar是在酒吧裡負責端酒的女性。She stands at the bar她站在吧台，takes the order接單，pours the beer or mixes the drink倒啤酒或調酒，and hands it over再端給客人。

In Britain this was long the ordinary word; though actually, more and more places now say bartender for anyone, woman or man, because the work is the same. Barmaid can sound a little old-fashioned, and in some rooms it feels closer to “the girl at the bar” than to a job title.

In Britain this was long the ordinary word在英國，這長久以來是一般的說法；though actually不過事實上，more and more places now say bartender for anyone, woman or man越來越多地方不分男女都說bartender，because the work is the same因為工作內容是一樣的。Barmaid can sound a little old-fashionedBarmaid這個字聽起來可能有點過時，and in some rooms it feels closer to "the girl at the bar" than to a job title在某些場合，感覺比較像是在說"the girl at the bar"吧台那個女生，而不是一個正式的職稱。

You still hear it in pubs, in stories, and from older speakers. It is not a maid who cleans a house — the maid here only marks that we are talking about a woman who serves.

You still hear it in pubs, in stories, and from older speakers你還是會在酒吧、故事裡，或從年紀比較大的人口中聽到這個字。It is not a maid who cleans a house它不是打掃房子的那種女傭——the maid here only marks that we are talking about a woman who serves這裡的maid只是標示出我們在講的是負責服務的女性。