lackey

FREQ #22362

n. 仆人, 侍从, 马屁精 vt. 服侍, 侍候, 奉承

发音

其它 /ˈlæ.ki/

词形变化

lackeys 复数 lackeys lackeyed lackeying lackeys 三单 lackeying 现在分词 lackeyed 过去式 lackeyed 过去分词

别名

laquay lacquey lacky

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A footman, a liveried male servant.

    奴仆

    仆役

    仆人

  2. 2.

    A fawning, servile follower.

    走狗

    狗腿子

    走卒

    奴才

v.
  1. 1.

    To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To toady, play the flunky.

    不及物 废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

crawler flunky toady ass-kisser flunkey sycophant

上位词 4

servant retainer flatterer adulator

下位词 7

goody-goody apple-polisher bootlicker fawner groveler groveller truckler

相关短语

lackey moth lackey moths

词源

Borrowed from Middle French laquais, which is probably (via Old Occitan lacai?) from Spanish lacayo, itself perhaps from Italian lacchè and Greek λακές (lakés), from Turkish ulak. Another possibility is through French, from Catalan alacay, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid). See French laquais.

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