fetch and carry

短语

做杂务, 打杂

发音

UK /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/
其它
US /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/
US /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/

词形变化

fetched and carried fetches and carries 三单 fetches and carries fetching and carrying fetching and carrying 现在分词 fetched and carried 过去式 fetched and carried 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To serve obsequiously.

    习语 不及物
  2. 2.

    To carry gossip, news, etc., from one person to another; to bear tales, to gossip.

    过时 习语 不及物
  3. 3.

    To carry or convey (gossip, news, etc.) from one person to another; to bear (tales).

    过时 习语 及物

词源

From fetch + and + carry, originally a reference to a trained dog fetching and conveying an object back to its master: see, for example, William Shakespeare’s play The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act III, scene i (spelling modernized): “She hath more qualities than a water-spaniel, […] She can fetch and carry: why a horse can do no more; nay, a horse cannot fetch, but only carry, therefore is she better than a jade.”

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