Valet
['vælɪt;'væleɪ] or ['væle]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; 'Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man'.
(verb.) serve as a personal attendant to.
伊恩校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
(n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
錄入:纳塔莉亚
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Fr.] Groom, servant, serving man, waiting servant.
整理:塞尔瓦托
解釋/意思:
n. a man-servant esp. one who attends on a gentleman's person.—v.t. to act as valet to.—n. Valet de place in France one who offers his services as guide messenger &c. for hire esp. to strangers.
贝丝錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- He brought a native servant with him, who was his valet and pipe-bearer and who wore the Sedley crest in silver on his turban. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I leave twenty pound a year to my valet; and I defy any man after I have gone to find anything against my character. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He threw out a gold coin for the valet to pick up, and all the heads craned forward that all the eyes might look down at it as it fell. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He has been under his valet's hands this morning to be made presentable and is as well got up as the circumstances will allow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- His valet stood behind him with a smelling-bottle ready in one hand, and a white handkerchief, saturated with eau-de-Cologne, in the other. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Oblige me by giving that man permission to withdraw, I said, pointing to the valet. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- No one is ever permitted to enter that room save the house-maid in the morning, and my valet, or my wife's maid, during the rest of the day. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- First he discharged her from her valet duties; he would dress himself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The butler was Jos's valet also, and never was more drunk than a butler in a small family should be who has a proper regard for his master's wine. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And he left the valet busy in getting the horses ready, and went homewards himself to prepare for his departure. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It will be no use, I believe, replied Lowther; for every valet will copy his master. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Well, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as his valet appeared at his bedroom door, just as he was concluding his toilet; 'all alive to-day, I suppose? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- A mere lackey for Dr. John his valet, his foot-boy! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The valet on the box evidently quaked. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I saw the porter give my note to a servant in livery, desiring him to take it to His Grace's valet. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The two valets sat aloof superciliously. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I vote for cutting all the grocers and valets who intrude themselves into good society. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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