servant
英 ['s??v(?)nt]
美['s?v?nt]
英英釋義
同義詞辨析
考試真題
實(shí)用場景例句
近義詞char maid chauffeur scullion footman steward housekeeper driver woman man domestic butler valet cook factotum charwoman menial slave daily parlour
反義詞
- n. 仆人，傭人；公務(wù)員；雇工
- n. (Servant)人名；(西)塞爾萬特；(法)塞爾旺
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?servants;
中文詞源
servant 仆人，傭人
來自 serve,服務(wù)，服侍，-ant,人。
英文詞源
- servant (n.)
- c. 1200, "personal or domestic attendant," from Old French servant "servant; foot-soldier," noun use of servant "serving, waiting," present participle of servir "to attend, wait upon" (see serve (v.)).
Meaning "professed lover, one devoted to the service of a lady" is from mid-14c. In North American colonies and U.S., the usual designation for "slave" 17c.-18c. (in 14c.-15c. and later in Biblical translations the word often was used to render Latin servus, Greek doulos "slave"). Public servant is attested from 1670s.
雙語例句
- 1. Daniel arrived in Maryland as an indentured servant.
- 丹尼爾作為契約傭工來到馬里蘭州。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They treat their mother like a servant.
- 他們像對(duì)待用人一樣對(duì)待自己的母親。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The servant bowed the guests out as they left.
- 客人們離去時(shí),仆人躬身送他們出門.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Tell the servant to knock me up at five o'clock.
- 告訴仆人五點(diǎn)敲門叫醒我.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The old servant fulfilled his master's charge to care for the children.
- 老仆人履行了其主人要他照料孩子的指示.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》