servant

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n. 仆人, 有用物, 公务员, 雇员 [法] 受雇人, 服务者, 公务员

发音

UK /ˈsɜːvənt/
US /ˈsɝvənt/
US /ˈsɝvn̩ʔ/

词形变化

servants 复数 servants servanted servanting servants 三单 servanting 现在分词 servanted 过去式 servanted 过去分词

别名

seruant seruante servt. servaunt servand

教材释义与例句

名词

仆人，佣人；公务员；雇工

someone, especially in the past, who was paid to clean someone's house, cook for them, answer the door etc, and who often lived in the house

Many young girls became domestic servants .

许多年轻姑娘成了家仆。

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.

    仆人

    佣人

    奴仆

    奴役

    There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.

  2. 2.

    One who serves another, providing help in some manner.

    She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.

  3. 3.

    A person who dedicates themselves to God.

    宗教
  4. 4.

    A professed lover.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    A person of low condition or spirit.

v.
  1. 1.

    To subject.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

retainer handmaiden handmaid

上位词 3

worker subsidiarity subordinateness

下位词 10

familiar domestic lackey manservant menial flunky body servant cabin boy factotum flunkey

相关短语

civil servant n. 文职人员; 公务员; 公仆; 联合国等机构的行政人员 servant out of livery who was your servant last year domestic servant assigned servant public servant [经] 公务员, 公仆 captain's servant indentured servant n. 契约佣工 your servant body servant 贴身侍女 covenanted servant woman servant fellow servant 受同一雇主雇用的雇员

词源

From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.

来源：wiktionary