chamberlain

FREQ #11682

n. 内侍, 管家, 掌管财物的人 [法] 管家, 国王侍从, 收款员

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚlɪn/
其它
UK /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/

词形变化

chamberlains 复数 chamberlains

别名

chamberlin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.

    侍从

    管家

    内臣

  2. 2.

    A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.

  3. 3.

    An upper servant of an inn.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

steward treasurer

相关短语

Lord Chamberlain Lords Chamberlain

词源

From Middle English chamberlein, chaumberlein, chaumberleyn, from Anglo-Norman chamberlenc, Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc (“chamberlain”), from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”). Compare also Late Latin camerārius and comrade. More at chamber, -ling.

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