butler

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈbʌt.lɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
  2. The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
    — “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"
  3. A valet, a male personal attendant.
动词 v.
  1. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

词形变化

butlers plural butlers present,singular,third-person butlering participle,present butlered participle,past butlered past

词汇关系

近义词
footman
衍生词
archbutler butlerage butler café butlerdom Butler English butleress butlerless butler lie butlerlike butlerly butlership butler steak buttle silent butler underbutler what the butler saw
相关词
butt

词源

词源 1
From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.
词源 2
From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.
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