cupbearer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌpˌbɛəɹə/    美 /ˈkʌpˌbɛɹɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served. historical
    — [W]hile the King [Edward the Confessor] and Godwine [Godwin, Earl of Wessex] ſate at the table, accompanied with others of the nobilitie, it chanced the Cupbearer (as he brought wine to the bourd) to ſlip with the one foote, and yet by good ſtrength of his other leg, to recouer himſelfe without falling: [...]

词形变化

cupbearers plural cup bearer alternative cup-bearer alternative

词源

From cup + bearer; attested since 1483.
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