flunky

音标['flʌŋki] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 奉承者, 男仆, 厨师

词型变化:

名词:flunkyism 

英语解释:

名词 flunky:

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

详细解释:


flunky 也作 flun.key

n.(名词)
【复数】 flun.kies 也作 flun.keys
A person of slavish or unquestioning obedience; a lackey.
象奴隶般的人:一个象奴隶一般顺从或无条件服从的人;卑躬屈膝者
One who does menial or trivial work; a drudge.
作粗重工作的人:一个做体力劳动或不重要工作的人;干重活的人
A liveried manservant.
穿制服的男仆

来源:
Scots
苏格兰语
perhaps from flanker [an attendant at one`s flank]
可能源自 flanker[某人身边的侍从]

【引伸】
flun.kyism
n.(名词)
<注释>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 一词从苏格兰演变为标准英语。 苏格兰语中,该词意思为.穿制服的男仆,脚夫,.至少在9世纪时变为表示蔑视的词语。该词首先于782年的一本有关苏格兰的书中得到记载和定义。定义中说flunky 在.字面意思是身边的人或身旁的随从., 该定义支持了有关flunky 是由 flanker 派生和演变而来的说法, 意思是.一个站在别人身边的人.

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