释义 |
servantn. 1. subject臣仆。 △ Mac.2.1.17:“Being unprepared. /Our will became the servant to defect.”事先没有准备,我们有心无力,招待难免不周。 2. follower,retainer侍从,家臣。 △1H.VI.4.1.80:“This is my servant; hear him,noble prince.”这人是我的家臣;请听他说,高贵的君主。 3. lover情人。 △Lr.4.6.276 (269):“Your—wife,soI would say—affectionate servant.”你的(但愿能说是妻子)恋慕的情人。 4. ❶menial奴仆。 ❷lover爱人。 △R.III.1.2.207(206): “And if thy poor devoted servant may Butbeg one favour at thy gracious hand,/ Thou dost con-firm his happiness for ever.”只要你这可怜的忠实奴仆能从你那仁慈的手上再恳求一项恩惠,他的幸福就得到你的永久肯定了。 |