记忆方法
butt 大酒桶。
bottle 酒瓶。
butler (管理酒窖的)男管家。
1. bottle => butler.
2. bottle => butt.
bottle 酒瓶。
butler (管理酒窖的)男管家。
1. bottle => butler.
2. bottle => butt.
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词族 · butler
词形变化
中文词源
butler 管家
but, 同bottle, 酒瓶。原指贵族或封建领主的侍酒者，酒管。
英语词源
- butler
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butler: see bottle
- butler (n.)
- late 12c., from Anglo-French buteillier "cup-bearer," from Old French boteillier "cup-bearer, butler, officer in charge of wine," from boteille "wine vessel, bottle" (see bottle (n.)). The word reflects the position's original function as "chief servant in charge of wine." In Old French, fem. boteilliere was used of the Virgin Mary as "dispenser" of the cup of Mercy.
权威例句
- 1. They had a butler, a cook, and a maid.
- 他们有一个男管家、一个厨师和一个女佣。
- 2. The butler always laid the table.
- 每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。
- 3. The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.
- 男管家轻轻咳了一下,示意他已到场.
- 4. The butler would not admit him into the house.
- 男管家不许他进屋.
- 5. The butler was an accomplice in the robbery.
- 男管家是抢劫案的同谋犯.