man Friday

短语

得力助手, 忠仆

发音

UK /ˌmæn ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/
其它
UK /-di/
US /ˌmæn ˈfɹaɪˌdeɪ/
US /-di/

词形变化

man Fridays 复数 man Fridays men Friday men Friday 复数 men Fridays 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.

  2. 2.

    An aborigine or native, especially one who inhabits an island.

    贬义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

right-hand man

上位词 1

man

词源

From man (“adult male servant”) + Friday, coined by the English writer Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 – 1731) in his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719) as the name of the protagonist Crusoe’s companion and servant; he is rescued by Crusoe from cannibal captives on a Friday. Crusoe frequently refers to him as “my man Friday”.

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