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flunky

音標['fl??ki] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 奉承者, 男僕, 廚師

詞型變化:

名詞:flunkyism 

英文解釋:

名詞 flunky:

  1. a male servant (especially a footman)
    同義詞:lackey, flunkey
  2. a person of unquestioning obedience
    同義詞:flunkey, stooge, yes-man

詳細解釋:


flunky 也作 flun.key

n.(名詞)
複數 flun.kies 也作 flun.keys
A person of slavish or unquestioning obedience; a lackey.
奴隸般的人:一個象奴隸一般順從或無條件服從的人;卑躬屈膝者
One who does menial or trivial work; a drudge.
作粗重工作的人:一個做體力勞動或不重要工作的人;乾重活的人
A liveried manservant.
穿制服的男僕

來源:
Scots
蘇格蘭語
perhaps from flanker [an attendant at one`s flank]
可能源自 flanker[某人身邊的侍從]

【引伸】
flun.kyism
n.(名詞)
<注釋>The wordflunky has come into Standard English from Scots, in which the word meant .liveried manservant, footman,.coming at least by the 9th century to be a term of contempt.The word is first recorded and defined in a work about Scots published in 782.The definition states that aflunky is .literally a sidesman or attendant at your flank,. which gives support to the suggestion thatflunky is a derivative and alteration of flanker, .one who stands at a person`s flank..
flunky 一詞從蘇格蘭演變為標準英文。 蘇格蘭語中,該詞意思為.穿制服的男僕,腳夫,.至少在9世紀時變為表示蔑視詞語。該詞首先於782年的一本有關蘇格蘭的書中得到記載定義。定義中說flunky 在.字面意思是身邊的人或身旁的隨從., 該定義支持了有關flunky 是由 flanker 派生和演變而來的說法, 意思是.一個站在別人身邊的人.

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