
valet基本信息
读法:英 ["vælɪt; "væleɪ] 美 ["væle]
释义:
使用频率:★
星级词汇:★
英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
valet 仆从,代驾
来自古法语vaslet,仆人,字母s脱落,来自拉丁语vassus,仆人,封臣,词源同vassal, varlet,引申词义代客泊车,代驾。
- valet
- valet: see varlet
- valet (n.)
- "personal man-servant," mid-14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French valet, variant of vaslet "man"s servant, workman"s assistant," originally "squire, young man, youth of noble birth" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *vassellittus "young nobleman, squire, page," diminutive of Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus "servant" (see vassal). Modern sense is usually short for valet de chambre; the general sense of "male household servant of the meaner sort" going with the variant form varlet. First recorded use of valet parking is from 1959.
词态变化
复数 valets;
第三人称单数 valets;
过去式 valeted;
过去分词 valeted;
现在分词 valeting;
权威造句
- 1. The gentleman had a valet to wait on him hand and foot.
- 这位绅士有一个男仆照顾他的衣食住行.
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- 2. No man is a hero to his valet.
- 任何人在他的仆人眼里都不是英雄.
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- 3. He lived in considerable style, travelling widely, usually with a cook, valet, butler and chauffeur in attendance.
- 他活得相当潇洒,通常带着厨师、用人、管家和司机到处游玩。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The valet shambled down the passage in his slippers.
- 仆人趿着拖鞋蹒跚地沿着过道走开去了.
来自辞典例句
- 5. In about five minutes his valet appeared , half - dressed and looking very drowsy.
- 大约过了五分钟他的仆人来了.衣冠不整, 而且睡眼惺松.
来自辞典例句
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
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记忆方法
1. Latin vassus "servant" => vas- + -let (diminutive suffix) => Old French vaslet => Old French valet, variant of vaslet.
2. valet parking: 代客泊车.
3. valet <=====> vassal, varlet.
4. 汽车:Valet Mode:泊车模式。
5. valet de place:[法](尤指法国的)导游者。
6. 美国代客泊车应用 Luxe Valet: 解决都市停车难。
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