valet
英 ['vælɪt; 'væleɪ]
美 ['væle]
- n. 貼身男仆；用車的人；伺候客人停車
- vt. 為...管理衣物；替...洗熨衣服
- vi. 清洗汽車；服侍
- n. (Valet)人名；(匈)沃萊特；(法)瓦萊
助記提示
1. Latin vassus "servant" => vas- + -let (diminutive suffix) => Old French vaslet => Old French valet, variant of vaslet.
2. valet parking: 代客泊車.
3. valet <=====> vassal, varlet.
4. 汽車：Valet Mode：泊車模式。
5. valet de place：[法](尤指法國的)導遊者。
6. 美國代客泊車應用 Luxe Valet: 解決都市停車難。
中文詞源
valet 仆從，代駕來自古法語vaslet,仆人，字母s脫落，來自拉丁語vassus,仆人，封臣，詞源同vassal, varlet,引申詞義代客泊車，代駕。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The gentleman had a valet to wait on him hand and foot.
- 這位紳士有一個男仆照顧他的衣食住行.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. No man is a hero to his valet.
- 任何人在他的仆人眼裏都不是英雄.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He lived in considerable style, travelling widely, usually with a cook, valet, butler and chauffeur in attendance.
- 他活得相當瀟灑，通常帶著廚師、用人、管家和司機到處遊玩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The valet shambled down the passage in his slippers.
- 仆人趿著拖鞋蹣跚地沿著過道走開去了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. In about five minutes his valet appeared , half - dressed and looking very drowsy.
- 大約過了五分鍾他的仆人來了.衣冠不整, 而且睡眼惺鬆.
來自辭典例句